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Abstract
The structural and semantic complexities of the construct of comfort are explicated and a rationale is presented for operationalizing the construct for holistic nursing practice and research. A review of the literature about comfort provides theoretical support for the concept's taxonomic structure, which was presented in an earlier publication and is modified in the present article. In addition to being useful for generating assessment tools for practice, the taxonomic structure of comfort can be utilized to develop instruments for outcome research.Mesh:
Year: 1992 PMID: 1519906 DOI: 10.1097/00012272-199209000-00003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ANS Adv Nurs Sci ISSN: 0161-9268 Impact factor: 1.824