title: [Comfort: review of the literature].
abstract: The authoress presents a literature review on the comfort theme and analytically describes conceptualizations, discovered definitions, and studies focusing comfort from the subjects' perspective; a number of existing gaps within this area of knowledge are emphasized and suggestions are made concerning the important aspects in the research development.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carneiro Mussi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015399:Nursing Research; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010146:Pain / Q000451:nursing*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000451:nursing*