Aesthetic expressions illuminating the lived experience of Thai ICU nurses caring for persons who had a peaceful death

Holist Nurs Pract. 2010 May-Jun;24(3):134-41. doi: 10.1097/HNP.0b013e3181dd4000.

Abstract

This article, through art and aesthetic expression, illustrates and illuminates the experiences of persons caring for those who had peaceful deaths in intensive care units (ICUs) in southern Thailand. Aesthetic expression, categorized as a descriptive thematic experience, enhanced the appreciation of the experiences, which has implications for holistic end-of-life care.

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological
  • Attitude of Health Personnel / ethnology*
  • Attitude to Death / ethnology*
  • Critical Care / methods
  • Critical Care / psychology*
  • Empathy
  • Esthetics / psychology*
  • Female
  • Holistic Health
  • Holistic Nursing
  • Humans
  • Knowledge
  • Medicine in the Arts*
  • Narration
  • Nurse-Patient Relations
  • Nursing Methodology Research
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital / psychology*
  • Nursing Theory
  • Space Perception
  • Symbolism
  • Terminal Care / methods
  • Terminal Care / psychology*
  • Thailand
  • Time Perception