Search for dissertations about: "Transcultural"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the word Transcultural.

  2. 1. Façading in transcultural caring relationships : Healthcare staff and foreign-born parents in childhood cancer care

    Author : Pernilla Pergert; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pediactric oncology; Coping; Foreign-born; Transcultural; Caring relationships; Communication; Grounded theory; Interviews; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Psychology; Psykologi; Pediatric oncology; coping; foreign-born; transcultural; caring relationships; communication; grounded theory; interviews.;

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  4. 2. Virtual patients as an innovative educational tool in transcultural psychiatry

    Author : Ioannis Pantziaras; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Medical Education;

    Abstract : Background: The dramatic increase in the number of patients with diverse ethnic backgrounds who have been exposed to severe mental trauma demonstrates that there is an urgent need for improvement in the quality of transcultural psychiatric health care through the development and evaluation of relevant and effective training tools. Aim: This thesis describes the development and scientific study of a new medical educational tool based on Virtual Patient (VP) methodology and the evaluation of different aspects that highlight its educational potentials as a train environment for the clinical management of traumatised refugee patients. READ MORE

  5. 3. Organizing Language Interpreting Services in Elderly and Emergency Healthcare

    Author : Christina Lundin; Katarina Hjelm; Emina Hadziabdic; Ali M. Ahmed; Maria Jirwe; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Communication; Emergency healthcare; Elderly healthcare; Interpreting practices; Organizing; Qualitative methods; Transcultural nursing.;

    Abstract : With an increasing migrant population there is a growing need to organize interpreting practices in healthcare in order to deliver equitable high-quality care.This thesis focuses on healthcare institutions’ organization of interpreting services. READ MORE

  6. 4. Clinical encounters with different illness realities : qualitative studies of illness and restructuring of illness meaning among two cultural groups of female patients in a multicultural area of Stockholm

    Author : Sofie Bäärnhielm; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Transcultural psychiatry; somatization; illness meaning; immigration; sense of coherence;

    Abstract : Background: Mental health care in Sweden encounters a multicultural population. Meaning given to illness may differ between patient, family and caregiver and this affects the clinical encounter and outcome of treatment. READ MORE

  7. 5. Post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal behaviour in immigrants to Sweden

    Author : Marcello Ferrada-Noli; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : transcultural psychiatry; suicide; metasuicide; immigrants; refugees; post-traumatic stress disorder;

    Abstract : The aim of the investigation was to study definite and undetermined suicides in immigrants to Sweden, as well as aspects of suicidal behaviour associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among immigrants/refugees. We have also inquired in which modality immigrant suicide victims had been in contact with psychiatric care. READ MORE