Abstract:This dissertation contains a modified Walker and Avant (2005) concept analysis on caregiver reactions, a review of empirical referents, and a qualitative phenomenological investigation into informal caregiver reactions in pulmonary hypertension (PH). In the second chapter, the assumption of burden in caregiving is a presupposition, so the importance of bracketing and inclusion of positive reactions in caregiving is highlighted in the concept analysis. This chapter further identified and determined the defining… Show more
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