International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 4-11 , January 2009

Balancing between being a person and being a patient—A qualitative study of wearing patient clothing

  • David Edvardsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Umeå University, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
    • Australian Centre for Evidence-Based Aged Care (ACEBAC), La Trobe University, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Department of Nursing, Umeå University, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden. Tel.: +46 90 786 91 43; fax: +46 90 786 91 69.

Received 18 December 2007 ,Revised 7 August 2008 ,Accepted 8 August 2008.

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PII: S0020-7489(08)00213-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.08.008

International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 4-11 , January 2009

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