Relatives' lived experiences of complementary therapies in a critical care department--a phenomenological study.
This phenomenological study examined relatives' lived experiences of complementary therapies in the Department of Critical Care Medicine at Royal Hobart Hospital. Participants in the study, 20 relatives of critically ill patients, were involved in a non-structured, audiotaped interview. Subsequently, transcripts were analysed using a phenomenological transformative process to identify common themes in the text. Study findings suggested four emerging conceptual categories, which with further analysis uncovered the essence of the phenomenon as extending and enriching a caring atmosphere.
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania.
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Brown
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Barnes
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Clarke
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Medwin
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Hutchinson
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MacMillan
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O'Rourke
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Parkinson
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Pickering
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Roberts
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019341:Aromatherapy; D000529:Complementary Therapies; D003422:Critical Care / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D018939:Holistic Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D012064:Relaxation Therapy; D019124:Therapeutic Touch