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Healing From Surgery: A Phenomenological Study
Author(s) -
Criddle Lyn
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1993.tb00783.x
Subject(s) - medicine , psychology , psychotherapist
A phenomenological study explored the experience of healing in nine post‐surgical patients. Extensive interviews were conducted at one and four weeks after hospital discharge. A follow‐up interview was conducted after participants reviewed descriptions of the experience. Healing included four overlapping themes: Active Participation (personal responsibility to assist in the healing process); Achieving Balance (reintegration of the whole system); Evolving Beyond (examination of goals, values and priorities); and Healing Process (change over time and connections between themes).