International Emergency Nursing
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 15-22 , January 2009

Patient participation in emergency care – A phenomenographic study based on patients’ lived experience

  • Catharina Frank, RN, MSc ((Doctoral Student))

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Växjö University, Växjö, Sweden
    • Department of Caring and Public Health Sciences, Mälardalen University, P.O. Box 325, SE-63105 Eskilstuna, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Caring and Public Health Sciences, Mälardalen University, P.O. Box 325, SE-63105 Eskilstuna, Sweden. Tel.: +46 73 634 634 8; fax: +46 16 153258.
    • ,
  • Margareta Asp, RN, BSc, PhD ((Senior Lecturer))

      Affiliations

    • Department of Caring and Public Health Sciences, Mälardalen University, P.O. Box 325, SE-63105 Eskilstuna, Sweden
    • Tel.: +46 16 153753; fax: +46 16 153258.
    • ,
  • Karin Dahlberg, RN, PhD ((Professor))

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Växjö University, Växjö, Sweden
    • Tel.: +46 470 708309; fax: +46 470 36310.

Received 30 June 2008 ,Revised 22 September 2008 ,Accepted 23 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2008.09.003

International Emergency Nursing
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