Key result
Family members of heart transplant recipients manage unpredictability through a process of 'redesigning the dream', involving stages of immersion, passage, and negotiation.
Population
20 family members of heart transplant recipients
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May inform family support in transplant care; leaves open prospective validation of the theory.
Family members of heart transplant recipients adapt to continual unpredictability through a process of 'redesigning the dream', involving immersion, passage, and negotiation.
Mishel et al. (1987) studied Family members of heart transplant recipients (n=20). Family support groups was evaluated on Processes used to manage unpredictability. Family members of heart transplant recipients manage unpredictability through a process of 'redesigning the dream', involving stages of immersion, passage, and negotiation.
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