Search for dissertations about: "Allmän medicinsk utövning"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the words Allmän medicinsk utövning.

2. 1. Do-not-resuscitate orders Ethical aspects on decision making and communication among physicians, nurses, patients and relatives

   Author : Rurik Löfmark; Medicinsk etik; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Allmän medicinsk utövning; medical training; General practice; futility; DNR orders; decision making; communication; physicians; nurses; patients; ethics; relatives; medicinsk utbildning;

   Abstract : The purpose was to describe ethical aspects on how do-not-resuscitate (DNR) deci-sions are made, established, and communicated between physicians, nurses, patients and relatives. A random sample of 220 physicians and nurses answered a questionnaire about their attitudes to and experiences of the making and communication of a DNR decision. READ MORE

4. 2. Paternalism in general practice - physician's power and patient's autonomy

   Author : Stefan Bremberg; Allmänmedicin och klinisk epidemiologi; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; autonomy; Attitudes; interview; justification; medical benefit; paternalism; questionnaire; General practice; medicinsk utbildning; medical training; Allmän medicinsk utövning;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to identify and analyse situations raising the question of possible paternalism in everyday general practice in Sweden. Both questionnaires to a random sample of respondents and interviews have been used. READ MORE

5. 3. Forgoing life-sustaining treatment in intensive care units. Practice, attitudes and ethics

   Author : Gunilla Melltorp; Anestesiologi och intensivvård; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; decision making; attitudes; guidelines; Intensive care units; interview; life-sustaining treatment; surveys; valur premises; medical training; withdraw; General practice; withhold; Allmän medicinsk utövning; medicinsk utbildning;

   Abstract : Many deaths in intensive care units are preceded by decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment. Under what conditions are forgoing life-sustaining treatment considered appropiate, when is it optitional and when is it wrong? Relevant guidelines are essential to help medical decisionmakers, but they cannot be established only from medical knowledge. READ MORE

6. 4. Cultural Discord in a Medical Context: A Challenge for Physicians

   Author : Caroline Wachtler; Allmänmedicin och samhällsmedicin; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; ethnology; medical training; Allmän medicinsk utövning; medicinsk utbildning; Cultural anthropology; General practice; Folkhälsa; epidemiologi; epidemiology; Public health; Equity in health; Communication; Medical education; Kulturantropologi; etnologi; Social medicine; Socialmedicin; samhällsmedicin; Cultural difference;

   Abstract : Physician and patient do not meet as equals in the consultation. It is the responsibility of the physician to actively work for better communication in order to provide equitable health care for all individuals. READ MORE

7. 5. Keeping My Ways of Being. Middle-aged women and menopause

   Author : Helene Ekström; Lund Medicin; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Allmän medicinsk utövning; medical training; General practice; Grounded theory; Attitudes; Quality of life; Hormone tharapy; Menopause; Family Medicine; medicinsk utbildning;

   Abstract : To deepen the understanding of menopause and its role in women's lives is the general aim of this thesis. Between 1995 and 2003, all women in two Swedish primary health care districts received a postal questionnaire, when they were 45, 50, 55 or 60. A total of 1681 women (76%) responded. Twenty-four women were given research interviews. READ MORE