title: The lived experience of end-stage liver failure and liver transplantation.
abstract: This phenomenological study examined the lived experience of an individual who underwent end-stage liver failure and liver transplantation. The participant was asked to respond to the question, what was it like for you having experienced end-stage liver failure and liver transplantation? Permission was granted to tape-record the interview. Themes derived from the data analysis were identified, analyzed, and sorted. As a result, four categories were delineated: (1) uncertainty, (2) control, (3) social support, and (4) spirituality. Categories and themes contributing to a description of one individual's experience with end-stage liver failure and liver transplantation may provide direction for interventional studies designed to effect change in the lived experiences of those undergoing similar phenomena.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Hathaway
mesh_terms: D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011788:Quality of Life; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012944:Social Support