Critical illness as a biographical disruption

By Agness Chisanga Tembo

This book discusses the ICU environment from a patient perspective. It elucidates the need for phenomenological inquiry in investigating the critical illness experience in ICU and beyond. It includes narratives of people from a phenomenological study that examined the experience of critical illness in ICU and after discharge in the context of Daily Sedation Interruption. The narratives are discussed with a conclusion that critical illness is a biographical disruption. Additionally, implications for practice, education and research are made.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6200432600
• ISBN13: 9786200432605
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"