abstract: Nurses are constantly required to imagine what patients are thinking or feeling in circumstances beyond their own experience. First-hand reports can help to increase awareness of potential patient needs. In this subjective account of a confusional state caused by acute renal failure, a retired psychiatrist (aged 79) recounts his own memories of being ill and attempts to relate them to events that occurred during his hospital stay.
authors.affiliation: Cambridge School of Health Studies.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Adams