Search for dissertations about: "end stage patient"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 71 swedish dissertations containing the words end stage patient.
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1. Medical students' learning of the consultation and the patient-doctor relationship
Abstract : Background: In medical education, learning about the consultation and the patient-doctor relationship is nowadays highly recommended. However, research from educational practice from students? perspective is needed to facilitate a better understanding of students? learning. The thesis is based on four studies. READ MORE
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2. Patients in Clinical Cancer Trials : Understanding, Motivation and 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
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3. A clinical epidemiological study on end-stage liver disease in Ghana
Abstract : End-stage liver disease (ESLD), including advanced liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), is the final stage of long-standing injury to the liver due to risk factors such as chronic viral hepatitis and alcoholic liver disease. There is a high disease burden and mortality globally, especially in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries such as Ghana, where the primary cause of HCC and cirrhosis is infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV). READ MORE
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4. Living with haemodialysis close to death - patients' and close relatives' experiences
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to generate understanding and knowledge a bout the experiences of patients living with haemodialysis, and their close relati ves, near the end of life. In studies I and II we conducted a series of 31 qualitative interviews over a period of 12 months with 8 severely ill patients (aged 66–87) treated with haemodialysis. READ MORE
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5. Hip disability : patient education, classification and assessment
Abstract : Hip disability is common and entails activity limitations, participation restrictions and increased risk of further disability and health problems, partially due to inactivity. Hip osteoarthritis (OA), the major diagnosis, is difficult to define, especially when no joint space narrowing is seen in radiography. READ MORE