Patients’ experiences of humanising care in Scandinavian intensive care units - a systematic review

Monica Evelyn Kvande, Sanne Angel, Anne Højager Nielsen, Lovisenberg Diaconal University College, Research Unit of Nursing and Healthcare, Institute of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Gødstrup Hospital, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus N

Nursing Ethics: An International Journal for Health Care Professionals

Published online on March 27, 2026

Abstract

Nursing Ethics, Ahead of Print.
Using Scandinavian literature reporting patient experiences of intensive care as a case, the aim of this qualitative systematic review was to explore if humanising was addressed in the descriptions of patient experiences and, if so, what words and ...