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Article: Memories of being injured and patients' care trajectory after physical trauma.(Research article)
- Article from:
- BMC Nursing
- Article date:
- June 17, 2008
- Author:
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Authors: Mona Ringdal (corresponding author) (equal contributor) [1]; Kaety Plos (equal contributor) [1]; Ingegerd Bergbom (equal contributor) [1]
Background
Memories of being cared for in connection with injury are probably extremely important for most people [1]. Memories of important events often affect people in one way or another. The episodic memory makes it possible for persons to mentally travel back in time and remember what was experienced [2]. When remembering a traumatic event, people often separate memories of life into before and after. It is more than just a trauma and becomes a starting point of a journey [3]. After an injury, people ...
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