Open AccessPhenomenology study on nurses' experiences in understanding the comfort of children at the end-of-life
Author(s) -
Roro Lintang Suryani,
Allenidekania Allenidekania,
Imami Nur Rachmawati
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_200_17
Subject(s) - feeling , phenomenology (philosophy) , lived experience , medicine , qualitative research , nursing , phenomenological method , meaning (existential) , hermeneutic phenomenology , psychology , psychotherapist , social psychology , sociology , social science , philosophy , epistemology
Patients' need for comfort at the end of their lives is rarely fulfilled. The comfort of patients at the end of their lives, especially children, is affected by nurses' understanding of what comfort means.