The experience of critically ill children: narratives of unmaking.
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe the experience of critically ill children. Seventeen children were followed through the course of their trajectory for a minimum of 3 months and a maximum of 5 years. This experience was characterised as a process of unmaking and remaking of the children. This process typically involved a transformation (a reconstitution) of the child. These phenomena were shaped within the child's relationships with significant others. This raises important implications for fostering 'relational' critical care for children.
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Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Montreal Children's Hospital, Quebec, Canada.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003422:Critical Care / Q000523:psychology*; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D008297:Male; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research