In this study, biographical narratives of illness experiences were used to explicate the
concepts of suffering and enduring. Three types of enduring were identified: enduring to …

This paper is concerned with the phenomenon of human suffering and is an attempt to justify
and begin theoretical development of this phenomenon for nursing science. The paper is …

The concept of health within illness is beginning to gain recognition in nursing However,
there has been little research to explore and describe this phenomenon The results of a …

The following analysis addresses relationships between suffering and the self. It
emphasizes subjects' stories of experiencing chronic illness and their relationship to the …

Studied hospital patients' experience of suffering, their coping styles, and strategies for
minimizing pain. Nursing students interviewed 148 patients in 5 hospitals asking questions …

In this case study, the narrative of a young mother who survived multiple losses and
excruciating and prolonged pain in the treatment of burns is explored to develop and …

Chronic illness is currently the number one health problem facing the United States. Little is
known about the experience of making chronic illness a part of one's life, particularly from …

From patient narratives, the phenomenological literature and reflection of patients'
autobiographical accounts of illness, nine themes reflecting the phenomenological concept …

Based on the hermeneutical, phenomenological perspective, this study explored the lived
experience of individuals with a past hospitalization in an intensive care unit, with focus on …

Enduring and suffering are fundamental and normal responses to catastrophic loss, yet
strangely these two basic states have not been extensively explored using qualitative …