Search for dissertations about: "Person"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 1371 swedish dissertations containing the word Person.

  2. 6. Towards an item bank to measure patient-reported experience of person-centred care

    Author : Lena Rosenlund; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Person-centred care; Person-centredness; Patient-reported experience measures; Patient experiences; Professional-Patient Relations;

    Abstract : The reorienting of healthcare towards a more person-centred approach requires new approaches to evaluate care from the patient perspective. The overall aim of this thesis was to explore care from the perspective of people living with long-term conditions, and to develop and psychometrically test Swedish and English items to measure patient experience of PCC. READ MORE

  4. 7. Lip-motion and speech biometrics in person recognition

    Author : Maycel Isaac Faraj; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Audio-visual recognition; biometrics; Biometric recognition; Speaker verification; Speaker authentication; Person identification; Lip movements; Motion; Structure tensor; Orientation; Optical flow; Hidden Markov Model; Gaussian Markov Model; Lip-motion; Image analysis; Bildanalys;

    Abstract : Biometric identification techniques are frequently used to improve security, e.g. in financial transactions, computer networks and secure critical locations. The purpose of biometric authentication systems is to verify an individual by her biological characteristics including those generating characterisitic behaviour. READ MORE

  5. 8. Health-economic evaluations of person-centred care

    Author : Laura Pirhonen; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Person-centred care; Economic evaluation; Cost-effectiveness; Health outcomes; Markov model; Randomized controlled trial; Acute coronary syndrome; Chronic heart failure; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;

    Abstract : Person-centred care aims at making the individual partake in the healthcare decisionmaking and at supporting individual health management. This stands in contrast to usual care, which typically has more focus on the particular disease at hand, rather than on the person behind the disease. READ MORE

  6. 9. Development and testing af an observation-based method to assess person-centeredness in healthcare

    Author : Nina Ekman; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Person-centred care; person-centered care; patient-centered care; direct observation tools; observation-based methods; qualitative method; interviews;

    Abstract : Person-centred care (PCC) has been designated and endorsed as a core competency needed for health care professionals (HCP) to meet the evolving challenges facing health care. The aim of this thesis was to develop and test an observation-based method for assessing clinician competency in the delivery of PCC. READ MORE

  7. 10. Persons : their identity and individuation

    Author : Roger Melin; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; person; personal identity; criterion of identity; sortal concept; individuation; perdurance view; endurance view; Criterianism; Animalism; Non- Criterianism; animal attribute view; basic sortal; real essence; sort; natural kind;

    Abstract : This study is about the nature of persons and personal identity. It belongs to a tradition that maintains that in order to understand what it is to be a person we must clarify what personal identity consists in. READ MORE