1 Ibid.

2 Kim DS, Kim HS, Schwartz-Barcott D, Zucker D. The nature of hope in hospitalized chronically ill patients. Int J Nurs Stud. 2006; 43: 547-556

3 Lohne V, Severinsson E. The power of hope: Patients’ experiences of hope a year after acute spinal cord injury. J Clinic Nursing. 2006; 15: 315-323

4 Kim DS, Kim HS, Schwartz-Barcott D, Zucker D. The nature of hope in hospitalized chronically ill patients. Int J Nurs Stud. 2006; 43: 547-556

5 Bruininks P, Malle BF. Distinguishing hope from optimism and related affective states. Motivation and Emotion. 2005; 29(4): 327-355

6 Lohne V, Severinsson E. The power of hope: Patients’ experiences of hope a year after acute spinal cord injury. J Clinic Nursing. 2006; 15: 315-323

7 Bruininks P, Malle BF. Distinguishing hope from optimism and related affective states. Motivation and Emotion. 2005; 29(4): 327-355

8 Flachenecker P. Epidemiology of neuroimmunological diseases. J Neurol. 2006; 253 (Suppl. 5): V/2-V/8

9 GBS/CIDP Foundation International. Website: http://www.gbsfi.com/aboutgbs.htm. Retrieved: June 12, 2007

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11 Chio A et al. Guillain Barré syndrome: A prospective, population-based incidence and outcome survey. Neurology. 2003; 60:1146-1150

12 Ibid.

13 Ibid.

14 Hughes RA, Cornblath D. Guillain Barré syndrome. The Lancet. 2005; 366: 1653-66

15 Ibid.

16 Cooke JF et al. The recovery phase in Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Moving from dependency to independence. Rehabilitation Nursing. 2003; 28(4): 105-108

17 Miller JF. Hope: A construct central to nursing. Nursing Forum. 2007; 42 (1): 12-19

18 Meythaler JM. Rehabilitation of Guillain Barré Syndrome. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. Aug 1997. 78: 872-879

19 Khan F. Rehabilitation in Guillain Barré Syndrome. Aust Fam Phys. Dec 2004. 33(12): 1013-17

20 Lohne V, Severinsson E. The power of hope: Patients’ experiences of hope a year after acute spinal cord injury. J Clinic Nursing. 2006; 15: 315-323

21 Lohne V. Hope in patients with spinal cord injury: A literature review related to nursing. J Neuro Sci Nursing. 2001; 33(6): 317-325

22 Rustoen T, Hanestad BR. Nursing intervention to increase hope in cancer patients. J Clinic Nursing. 1998; 7: 19-27

23 Smith-Stoner M, Frost AL. How to build your “hope skills.” Nursing. 1999; 29(9): 49-51

24 Kuwabara S. Guillain-Barré syndrome: Epidemiology, pathophysiology and management. Drugs. 2004; 64(6): 597-610

25 Hughes RA, Cornblath D. Guillain Barré syndrome. The Lancet. 2005; 366: 1653-66

26 Lohne V, Severinsson E. The power of hope: Patients’ experiences of hope a year after acute spinal cord injury. J Clinic Nursing. 2006; 15: 315-323

27 Kim DS, Kim HS, Schwartz-Barcott D, Zucker D. The nature of hope in hospitalized chronically ill patients. Int J Nurs Stud. 2006; 43: 547-556

28 Ibid.