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Uncertainty in Illness

Dados Bibliográficos

ID23354528
AutoresMerle H Mishel (University of Arizona, autor correspondente)
Ano1988
Volume20
Fascículo4
Páginas225-232
Data de publicação1988-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoImage: the Journal of Nursing Scholarship (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0743-5150
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1547-5069.1988.tb00082.x
PMID3203947
OpenAlexW2022345552
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas133
Referências citadas26

The middle‐range nursing theory of uncertainty in illness is presented from both a theoretical and empirical perspective. The theory explains how persons construct meaning for illness events, with uncertainty indicating the absence of meaning. A model of the uncertainty theory displaying the concepts and their relationships forms the basis for the theoretical and empirical material. Discussion of the theory is organized around three major themes: the antecedents of uncertainty, the process of uncertainty appraisal and coping with uncertainty.

Construct (python library) · Coping (psychology) · Empirical research · Epistemology · Meaning (existential) · MEDLINE · Nursing theory · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Statistics · Uncertainty theory · Artificial Intelligence · Clinical Psychology · Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills · Computer Science · Mathematics · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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