How do patients with exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease experience care in the intensive care unit?

The aim was to gain insight into how patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experience care in the acute phase. The study has a qualitative design with a phenomenological approach. The empirics consist of qualitative in-depth interviews with ten patients admitted to the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Torheim, Henny, Kvangarsnes, Marit
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4260168/