A qualitative research on the survival condition of hemodialysis patients in Ningxia / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective To explore the survival condition of hemodialysis patients in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Methods Interviewed 15 patients with hemodialysis by applying Modified Grounded Theory Approach put forward by KinoSitaYasuHito,a Japanese scholar,the data of which were from qualitative inductive comparative analysis. Results As for the survival condition of hemodialysis patients in Ningxia,two relative themes were extracted, Helpless dialysis life Desire to return to society, the former contained 2 subtopics of hardship in life and susceptible mood, the latter contained 2 subtopics of cherish life and desire for care. Conclusion We should set up a social supporting system to improve the living condition of hemodialysis patients with the purpose of helping them return to the society.

Qualitative research on the psychological process and facilitating factors in the participants of a bereavement support group

The purpose of this study is to examine the psychological process and facilitating factors in the participants of a bereavement support group in palliative care settings. The subjects were 12 group members. The data was analyzed by the Modified Grounded Theory Approach. 7 categories, 20 sub-categories and 145 concepts were produced and the following psychological process was identified for the group members: “the difficulties in living after the bereavement,”“expressing their feelings toward the deceased,rdquo; “information exchange about their real life,rdquo; “reorganization of the narrative after the bereavement,rdquo; “objectifying their grief through their experience,rdquo; “positive changes after the bereavementrdquo;. This study indicated that “empowerment through group interaction” improved the psychological process of group members.

Discriminating of "Fire" in Inner Canon of Huangdi(Huangdi Nei Jing) / 中华中医药杂志

There are many concepts relevant to "fire" which have gradually formed during the academic development of the theories of traditional Chinese medicine.In Inner Canon of Huangdi(Huangdi Nei Jing),the concept of "fire" appears more than 240 times,including fire of yin and yang,fire from the five elements,fire from the six climatic factors,monarch fire and ministerial fire,minor fire and sthenic fire.All these lay the foundations of the theory of "fire" in traditional Chinese medicine.But the concepts of "fire" of human body which seldom appear in Inner Canon of Huangdi(Huangdi Nei Jing) have been widely discussed nowadays,such as heart fire,liver fire and stomach fire,etc.These have been created in the later ages.Monarch fire and ministerial fire now become two kinds of physiological fire of human body,which belong to the terminology of the doctrine on five element's motion and six kinds of natural factors in Inner Canon of Huangdi(Huangdi Nei Jing).