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Crisis phenomena after stroke reflected in an existential perspective
Author(s)	Imogene Nilsson, Lilian Jansson, Astrid Norberg
Journal title	International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 49, no 4, 1999
Pages	pp 259-278
Keywords	Stroke ; Discharge [hospitals] ; Philosophy.
Annotation	This Swedish study aims to provide a deeper understanding of crisis phenomena emerging after stroke and focuses on these phenomena viewed in an existential perspective. Ten stroke victims narrated their experiences of their new life situation in open-ended interviews, conducted during the first months after discharge. The participants were analysed using a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach. This analysis disclosed an extremely distressing situation related to the individuals' struggle to manage in various dimensions of life. The phenomena were intertwined in a complex way and the critical interpretation involved a transcendence to the existential dimension of life. The situation was metaphorically depicted as "a struggle in the darkness" in a "boundary situation", where the issues ultimately touched on life and death, fate and future, meaning and meaninglessness. The study indicates the significance of existential issues pervading the seemingly concrete struggle to manage life after stroke. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-000221201 A
Classmark	CQA: LD:QKJ: 4DP
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