Search for dissertations about: "Ethics consultation"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Ethics consultation.

2. 1. Internet consultation in medicine : studies of a text-based Ask the doctor service

   Author : Göran Umefjord; Gerhard Andersson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Internet; remote consultation; physician-patient relations; gender; access to information; ethics; medical informatics; medicinsk informatik;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to cast light on the new phenomenon of Internet-based medical consultation. This was approached by studies of the use of an Ask the doctor service, by a web survey to the users who sent enquiries to the service, and by a questionnaire to the answering physicians of their respective expericence of the service. READ MORE

4. 2. Postpone death? : Nurse-physician perspectives on life-sustaining treatment and ethics rounds

   Author : Mia Svantesson; Gerd Ahlström; Håkan Thorsén; Kjell Kallenberg; Rurik Löfmark; Peter Strang; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; Clinical ethics; Life-sustaining treatment; End-of-life decisions; Attitudes; Nurses; Physicians; Inter-professional relations; Ethics consultation; Ethics rounds; Surgery; Kirurgi; Surgery; Kirurgi;

   Abstract : The starting point of the present thesis is nurses’ reported experiences of disagreements with physicians for pushing life sustaining treatment too far. The overall aim was to describe and compare nurses’ and physicians’ perspectives on the boundaries for life-sustaining treatment and to evaluate whether ethics rounds could promote mutual understanding and stimulate ethical reflection. READ MORE