Search for dissertations about: "Mats Hammar"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words Mats Hammar.

  2. 6. Risk Talk : On Communicating Benefits and Harms in Health Care

    Author : Mikael Hoffmann; Karin Kjellgren; Mats Hammar; Johan Ahlner; Bengt Mattson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; risk; communication; menopause; hormone replacement therapy; physician-patient relations; Clinical pharmacology; Klinisk farmakologi;

    Abstract : One of the most critical elements in empowering the patient, and ensuring concordance, is communication of the possible benefits and harms of different actions in health care. Risk assessment is a complex task due both to the different interpretations of the concept of risk, and the common lack of hard facts. READ MORE

  4. 7. Multiple Sclerosis in relation to sex steroid exposure

    Author : Per Kempe; Jan Brynhildsen; Mats Hammar; Matts Olovsson; Linköpings universitet; []
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    Abstract : Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a potentially severe chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) and is usually diagnosed between 20 and 40 years of age. The incidence of MS is two to three times higher among women and the type and course of the disease often differ between the sexes. READ MORE

  5. 8. Infertility in Men in Relation to Their Birth Characteristics

    Author : Susanne Liffner; Mats Hammar; Elizabeth Nedstrand; Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez; Gunilla Sydsjö; Britt Friberg; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Background: About 10-15 % of couples worldwide suffer from infertility, the inability to achieve a pregnancy after more than 12 months of unprotected intercourse. Causes can be related to female factors, male factors, or both. In about 20 % of the couples, the cause remains unexplained. READ MORE

  6. 9. Interprofessional Collaboration in Health Care : Education and Practice

    Author : Annika Lindh Falk; Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren; Håkan Hult; Mats Hammar; Nick Hopwood; Monica Baeroe Nerland; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Background: Interprofessional collaboration is of global interest for addressing to the complex health care needs and improving patient safety in health care. Professionals have to develop collaborative skills and the ability to share knowledge. READ MORE

  7. 10. Women's knowledge, attitudes, and management of the menopausal transition

    Author : Lotta Lindh-Åstrand; Mats Hammar; Karin Kjellgren; Aila Collins; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Menopause; hormone therapy; knowledge; attitudes; conceptions; management treatment; climacteric symptoms; hot flushes; Obstetrics and women s diseases; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar;

    Abstract : Introduction: Hormone therapy (HT) has been considered as a safe treatment for menopausal symptoms. Use of HT increased dramatically in the 1980s and 1990s. Results from large randomized clinical trials (RCT) could, around the turn of the century, however not find evidence for long-term benefits with HT. READ MORE