Doherty, Carole; Saunders, Mark N.K. - In: Social Science & Medicine 98 (2013) C, pp. 29-36
This research explores how elective surgical patients make sense of their hospitalization experiences. We explore sensemaking using longitudinal narrative interviews (n=72) with 38 patients undergoing elective surgical procedures between June 2010 and February 2011. We consider patients'...