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Epilepsy patients' Conceptions of Epilepsy as a Phenomenon
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- Räty, Lena, 1948- (author)
- Karlstads universitet,Avdelningen för omvårdnad
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- Larsson, Gerry (author)
- Försvarshögskolan,Institutionen för ledarskap och management (ILM)
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- Starrin, Bengt (author)
- Karlstads universitet,Avdelningen för sociala studier
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- Wilde-Larsson, Bodil, 1951- (author)
- Karlstads universitet,Avdelningen för omvårdnad
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- Philadelphia, USA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009
- 2009
- English.
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In: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing. - Philadelphia, USA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. - 0888-0395 .- 1945-2810. ; 41:4, s. 201-210
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Abstract
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- This study addressed epilepsy patients' conceptions of epilepsy as a phenomenon and emotions related to those conceptions. Nineteen outpatients were interviewed, and data were analyzed according to the phenomenographical methodology. Patients described epilepsy in six qualitatively different ways: Epilepsy is (a) an illness related to physical disturbances, (b) a condition related to physical disturbances, (c) a mental disturbance related to lack of mental capacity, (d) a handicap related to psychological and/or social aspects, (e) an identity related to being an epileptic, and (f) a punishment. The emotions confidence, happiness, hope, and annoyance were related to epilepsy as an illness or a condition, whereas shame, fear, sorrow, and guilt were related to the other four categories. This study indicated that, to patients, the phenomenon of epilepsy is above all a psychosocial nature and in that dimension closely related to negative emotions.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Omvårdnad
- Nursing Science
- Ledarskap under påfrestande förhållanden
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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