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