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Aged 51-60
Interview 28  

Interview 28

Age at Interview: 54
Sex: Female
Background: Hospital doctor, married with three adult children. Ethnic background/nationality: White British.
Brief outline:Her daughter was admitted to a ward and her son-in-law to ICU after they had a car accident. She stayed in their home so she could visit.

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At the beginning she felt her life revolved around the hospital and found it comforting talking to her family in the evenings.

 



Did you feel you had all the support you needed at that time, you personally, or could there have been more support either outside the hospital or within the hospital in any way? 

No, I don't think I needed to. As long as I could talk to people in the evening on the telephone, especially my husband when I got home and my sister. And told people what was happening. I did need to do that, yes. And that did help, yes. But that, I think other than that, I don't think any other support would have helped. People did offer practical things when I was there, with meals, but I was adequate. I ate at the hospital [laughs] I didn't really need any other help.
Jonathan Miller - Intensive care
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