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A place of ones' own. The meaning of lived experience as narrated by an elderly
Engelsk titel: A place of ones' own. The meaning of lived experience as narrated by an elderly Läs online Författare: Ekman I ; Skott C ; Norberg A Språk: Eng Antal referenser: 22 Dokumenttyp: Fallbeskrivning UI-nummer: 01053204

Tidskrift

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 2001;15(1)60-5 ISSN 0283-9318 E-ISSN 1471-6712 KIBs bestånd av denna tidskrift Denna tidskrift är expertgranskad (Peer-Reviewed)

Sammanfattning

The condition of chronic heart failure often means an increasing need of institutional care caused by the severity of symptoms as fatigue and breathlessness. In this case-study, two interviews with an elderly woman were made at a 1-yr interval. A phenomenological hermeneutic method was used to interpret the interviews. The first narrative, recorded in the subject's home, showed a feeling of being at home in the body, in the room and with health care. In the second narrative, when the informant lived in a nursing home, a feeling of having no at-homeness, neither in the body, the room nor in the relation to the caregivers, was expressed. To deny a patient this place, or to promote a system that does not permit room for patients as whole persons, threatens patients' as well as caregivers' identity by conveying that there is no place for reflection upon the experience of illness. Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons.