Being in a Safe Haven and Struggling Against Alcohol Dependency. The Meaning of Caring for Male Patients in Advanced Addiction Nursing
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Anna Thurang; Anita Bengtsson Tops; Jens Rydström
- Source
- Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 32:401-407
- Subject
- Adult
Male
Psychotherapist
media_common.quotation_subject
Psychiatric Nursing
Alcohol dependency
Trust
Nursing
Humans
Meaning (existential)
Aged
media_common
Sweden
Advanced Practice Nursing
Narration
Addiction
Middle Aged
Social engagement
Alcoholism
Male patient
Masculinity
Safe haven
Empathy
Pshychiatric Mental Health
Nurse-Patient Relations
Psychology
Attitude to Health
- Language
- ISSN
- 1096-4673
0161-2840
The aim of the present study was to explore and illuminate the meaning of advanced nursing caring for men with alcohol dependency, as narrated by the men themselves. Ten male patients were interviewed in-depth and data were subjected to a phenomenological-hermeneutic analysis. Caring meant having the opportunity to rest in a safe haven together with professional caregivers, to struggle for liberation from dependency, and to expand the life-sphere by starting to accept oneself and broaden social participation. The findings illuminate various patterns of masculinity and point to the importance for caregivers to be open to challenging stereotypical gender assumptions.