Abstract
This study examines experiences of living with chronic illness for haemodialysis patients. In order to understand these experiences the paper takes an existential-phenomenological approach. Interviews of seven participants (5 male, 2 female) were collected in a haemodialysis clinic. Based upon the participants experiences three core themes emerged: (1) personal struggles and coping with haemodialysis; (2) body image and embodiment; (3) their illness experience and social relationships. The findings suggest that the illness experience of chronic renal failure is an on-going struggle- to attain a sense of control. We suggest that where a sense of control is limited this can create a sense of powerlessness. Further, the illness experience was not solely restricted to the individual, but also affected wider social relationships. It is only through taking into account the context of patients experience of illness that clinicians/nurses can meaningfully draw on all aspects of evidence to reach integrated clinical judgment. Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE
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