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    Emotional comfort: the patient's perspective of a therapeutic context

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    Authors
    Williams, Anne
    Irurita, Vera
    Date
    2006
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Williams, Anne and Irurita, Vera. 2006. Emotional comfort: the patient's perspective of a therapeutic context. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 43 (4): pp. 405-415.
    Source Title
    International Journal of Nursing Studies
    DOI
    10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2005.06.004
    ISSN
    0020 7489
    Faculty
    School of Nursing and Midwifery
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    Western Australian Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care (WACCP)
    School
    WA Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care (WACCPC)
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    The link to the journal’s home page is: http://www.journalofnursingstudies.com/home

    Copyright © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43512
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Background: Comfort is a word that is frequently used to describe both physical and emotional aspects of the hospital experience. A number of definitions exist in the literature and there is a lack of clarity in understanding this concept.Objectives: This paper describes the therapeutic context of emotional comfort that was identified in a qualitative study that sought to explain the perceived therapeutic effect of interpersonal interactions that were experienced by patients during hospitalisation.Results: Patients interpreted the interpersonal interactions that they experienced during hospitalisation in terms of their experience of emotional comfort or discomfort. A central feature of emotional comfort was the patient's perception of personal control.Conclusions: This study provides a greater understanding of the concept of comfort from the perspective of hospitalised patients. It highlights that patients approach their illnesses or injuries perceiving that a connection exists between the mind and the body.

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