title: Listening for the patient's story. The psychosocial story of a patient with end-stage heart disease.
abstract: 1. The way patients make sense of their lives can be heard in the stories they tell. 2. Nurses should address the patient's experience as well as the patient's disease. 3. Listening carefully to patients gives nurses valuable tools for intervening in their lives. 4. Medical illnesses extend far beyond the biological processes.
authors: Atlanta Medical Center Family Practice Residency, Morrow, Georgia 30260, USA.
authors: D L
authors: DL
authors: Walden-McBride
authors: J L
authors: JL
authors: McBride
mesh_terms: D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D018802:Patient-Centered Care