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Charlotta Sunnqvist1, Margareta Rämgård1, Karin Örmon1
1Malmo University, Faculty of Health and Society, Care Sciences, Malmo, Sweden.
Abstract:
Patients' life history is of primary interest in psychiatric nursing care. Our aim was to illustrate how we used time geography as a method to identify individuals' patterns in relation to certain situations in place. We have used interviews and diaries to construct life charts by hand and with a computer software program. By using time geography, we provide a rich amount of information, which can generate a broader picture of a person's life, to identify stressful as well as social aspects of a person's life. Patients with mental ill health need and value the therapeutic relationship using time geography.
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