Search for dissertations about: "Peter Strang"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words Peter Strang.

  2. 1. Patients in Clinical Cancer Trials : Understanding, Motivation and Hope

    Author : Tove Godskesen; Ulrik Kihlbom; Peter Nygren; Karin Nordin; Peter Strang; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; cancer; adults; clinical trials; phase 1 trials; phase 3 trials; patient information; patient education; informed consent; hope;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to study participants' understanding of clinical cancer trials, and their motivation for participation. Of particular interest was the question of whether the patients hoped for a cure resulting from the trial. READ MORE

  4. 2. Flow cytometry in squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix

    Author : Peter Strang; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

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  5. 3. Crossing the border : Different ways cancer patients, family members and physicians experience information in the transition to the late palliative phase

    Author : Maria Friedrichsen; Peter Strang; Gunnar Birgegård; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : communication; information; patient-physician relationship; family; prognosis; palliative care; cancer; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Information in the transition to the late palliative phase is not a well-studied area, especially not from the perspective of patients and family members. The aim of this thesis was to describe how cancer patients, family members and physicians experience information during the transition from a curative or early palliative phase to a late palliative phase, i. READ MORE

  6. 4. Cancer Patients’ Satisfaction with Doctors’ Care : Consequences and Contributing Conditions

    Author : Camilla Fröjd; Louise von Essen; Claudia Lampic; Gunnel Larsson; Lennart Persson; Peter Strang; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Caring sciences; Carcinoid tumours; Doctor; Worry; Information; Satisfaction with doctors’ care; Psychosocial function; Self-efficacy; Vårdvetenskap;

    Abstract : The main aims were to: explore whether there is a relation between doctors’ ability to identify patients’ worry and wish for information and self-efficacy with regard to communicating with patients about difficult matters; describe which cues doctors consider when estimating patients’ worry and wish for information, and investigate whether there is a relation between patients’ satisfaction with doctors’ care and patients’ psychosocial function. Eleven doctors and 69 patients (of which 36 patients participated in the longitudinal study) with carcinoid tumours participated. READ MORE

  7. 5. Quality of life, Coping and need for Support during the ALS disease trajectory

    Author : Birgitta Jakobsson Larsson; Ingela Nygren; Karin Nordin; Peter Strang; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; quality of life; coping strategies; emotional well-being; relatives; care; support;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate quality of life, coping and emotional distress (i.e. anxiety and depression) among newly diagnosed ALS patients. An additional aim was also to investigate relatives’ experiences of the care for the patient and the support they received for themselves during the disease progression. READ MORE