Search for dissertations about: "Sick"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 464 swedish dissertations containing the word Sick.
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1. Sick Leave Questions in Telephone Nursing : Perspectives of Persons on Sick Leave and Registered Nurses in Primary Health Care
Abstract : Aim and methods: To explore experiences of being on sick leave by interviewing 16 persons on sick leave and using a phenomenological approach. To explore registered nurses’ work in the care of persons on sick leave by performing three focus group discussions with registered nurses. READ MORE
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2. Sick-listing - attitudes and doctors' practice : With special emphasis on sick-listing practice in primary health care
Abstract : The aim of this study was to describe attitudes and doctors' practice regarding the sick-listing process. Using a questionnaire distributed among newly sick-listed patients, their doctors,employers and officials at the National Health Insurance office it was found that the patients held a more positive view on the beneficial effects of sick-listing. READ MORE
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3. Legitimacy Work : Managing Sick Leave Legitimacy in Interaction
Abstract : This thesis studies how sick leave legitimacy is managed in interaction and develops an empirically driven conceptualization of ‘legitimacy work’. The thesis applies an ethnomethodological framework that draws on conversation analysis, discursive psychology, and membership categorization analysis. READ MORE
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4. The Sick Leave Process : Sick Leave Guidelines, Sickness Certificates, and Experiences of Professionals
Abstract : Decisions on entitlement to sickness benefits and return to work interventions have substantial impact on individuals’ lives and on society. In most Western European countries, such decisions are based on sickness certificates, which should provide information on how a disease or injury reduces the individual’s work ability. READ MORE
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5. Sick of smells : Empirical findings and a theoretical framework for chemical intolerance
Abstract : Chemical intolerance (CI) is a term that refers to the surprisingly common phenomenon of persons getting ill from everyday chemicals. Although seemingly similar to asthma and allergies, CI sufferers do not react to exposures with increased histamine release. READ MORE