Search for dissertations about: "obstetrics dissertations"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 197 swedish dissertations containing the words obstetrics dissertations.
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1. Second Victims in Swedish Obstetrics
Abstract : The term “second victim” implies that healthcare providers can be pro-foundly affected by severe events in which a patient is badly injured or dies. The patient is the first victim. This thesis investigates the magnitude, riskfactors and consequences of becoming a second victim in Swedish delivery care. READ MORE
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2. Implications of psychiatric disorders during pregnancy and the postpartum period - A population-based study
Abstract : Background: Depressive and anxiety disorders are common health problems, affecting women at least twice as often as men. Although some studies have been made on pregnant women or, especially, in the postpartum period, most of these studies have been performed on small samples, mainly specific risk groups such as teenage mothers, women of low socioeconomic status and certain ethnic groups. READ MORE
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3. Genuine Caring in Caring for the Genuine : Childbearing and high risk as experienced by women and midwives
Abstract : The experience of pregnancy and childbirth is a central life event with special implications for women at high risk. This thesis describes the meaning of pregnancy, childbirth and midwifery care in four qualitative interview studies based on the lifeworld theory. Women were interviewed during pregnancy and within one week after childbirth. READ MORE
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4. Consequences of programme changes in antenatal care
Abstract : Routine antenatal care includes a number of routine contacts, in Sweden mostly with a midwife but with one visit to a physician. A reduction of the scheduled visits by 4-5 was assessed with retrospective data from the year before and the year after the programme change in 1991.The effective reduction was 1. READ MORE
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5. Pelvic pain in pregnancy : Studies on symphyseal distension, serum relaxin levels and the influence of living conditions
Abstract : Symphyseal width was assessed in 15 non-pregnant females using radiography and ultrasonography. Regression equation: y = 0.98x + 0.30 (mm), r2 = 0. READ MORE