Purpose Comfort is central to patient experience but the concept of comfort is poorly defined.
This review aims to develop a framework representing patients' complex perspective of …

Use of non-pharmacological interventions for comforting pati... : JBI Evidence Synthesis Use of
non-pharmacological interventions for comforting patients in palliative care: a scoping review …

I am most excited and impressed with the scope and focus of this work. As I began to read it,
I had trouble putting it down. It is highly readable, engaging, all-inclusive, and most …

The conceptual structure of physical touch in caring Aims of the study. This study was
conducted to clarify and to conceptualize the phenomena of physical touch in caring …

Background. Comfort is a substantive need throughout life. However, the rise of
technological influence coupled with a desire to embrace the medical concept of cure has …

This paper explores the concept of comfort within conceptual frameworks that identify
comfort as a key component. The paper focuses on two main issues: firstly, descriptions of …

TOPIC. The concept of comfort, although used frequently and throughout the nursing
literature, has not been clearly or consistently defined. PURPOSE. To clarify the meaning of …

Home comfort is posited here as the state of relaxation and wellbeing that results from
companionship and control to manage the home as desired. To date, studies of comfort …

Purpose: To examine the phenomenon of comfort in the context of childbirth. Enhancement
of comfort for laboring women is a valued outcome of nursing and midwifery care …

Throughout nursing's history, comfort has been a desired outcome in the provision of
nursing care. Yet, attempts to understand comfort and comforting have only recently …