Search for dissertations about: "Håkan Thorsén"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Håkan Thorsén.

  2. 1. Ethical considerations in psychiatric inpatient care : The ethical landscape in everyday practice as described by staff

    Author : Veikko Pelto-Piri; Ingemar Engström; Lars Kjellin; Håkan Thorsén; Mikael Sandlund; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Staff; psychiatric care; diary method; qualitative content analysis; ethical issues; decision making; coercive care; adolescent; Psychiatry; Psykiatri;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses mainly on the general ethical considerations of staff and not pre-defined specific ethical problems or dilemmas. The aims of this thesis were: first, to map ethical considerations as described by staff members in their everyday work in child and adolescent psychiatry as well as in adult psychiatry; second, from a normative ethical perspective, examine encounters between staff and patients; and third, to describe staff justification for decisions on coercive care in child and adolescent psychiatry. 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