Search for dissertations about: "Uppsala Universitet"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 12643 swedish dissertations containing the words Uppsala Universitet.

  2. 11. Clinical Manifestations of Coronary Heart Disease and the Metabolic Syndrome : A Population-based Study in Middle-aged Men in Uppsala

    Author : Kristina Dunder; Lars Lind; Hans Lithell; Annika Rosengren; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medicine; coronary heart disease; metabolic syndrome; insulin resistance; antihypertensive treatment; risk score; Medicin; Dermatology and venerology; clinical genetics; internal medicine; Dermatologi och venerologi; klinisk genetik; invärtesmedicin;

    Abstract : During the past decades the knowledge concerning risk factors and pathophysiology of coronary heart disease (CHD) has substantially increased. However, despite identification of important risk factors CHD remains the leading cause of death in the western world. READ MORE

  4. 12. On axioms and images in the history of Mathematics

    Author : Johanna Pejlare; Gunnar Berg; Anders Öberg; Leo Corry; Göteborgs universitet; Göteborgs universitet; Gothenburg University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; HUMANIORA; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANITIES; History of mathematics; axiomatization; intuition; visualization; images; Euclidean geometry; axiomatization; MATHEMATICS; MATEMATIK; history of mathematics; euclidean geometry; matematikhistoria;

    Abstract : This dissertation deals with aspects of axiomatization, intuition and visualization in the history of mathematics. Particular focus is put on the end of the 19th century, before David Hilbert's (1862–1943) work on the axiomatization of Euclidean geometry. The thesis consists of three papers. READ MORE

  5. 13. Genuine Caring in Caring for the Genuine : Childbearing and high risk as experienced by women and midwives

    Author : Marie Berg; Kyllike Christensson; Uppsala universitet; Göteborgs universitet; Gothenburg University; []
    Keywords : MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Obstetrics and gynaecology; High risk; childbearing; pregnancy; childbirth experience; midwifery; lifeworld research; phenomenology; hermeneutics; motherhood; birth plan; caring relationsship; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; Obstetrics and women s diseases; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; Obstetrik och gynekologi; Obstetrics and Gynaecology; High risk; caring relationship.;

    Abstract : The experience of pregnancy and childbirth is a central life event with special implications for women at high risk. This thesis describes the meaning of pregnancy, childbirth and midwifery care in four qualitative interview studies based on the lifeworld theory. Women were interviewed during pregnancy and within one week after childbirth. READ MORE

  6. 14. Treatment for childbirth fear with a focus on midwife-led counselling : A national overview, women’s birth preferences and experiences of counselling

    Author : Birgitta Larsson; Ingegerd Hildingsson; Annika Karlström; Christine Rubertsson; Mirjam Lukasse; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Birth experience; caesarean section; childbirth fear; internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy; midwife-led counselling; treatment; Obstetrik och gynekologi; Obstetrics and Gynaecology;

    Abstract : Background: Many women experience childbirth fear to such an extent that it seriously interferes with the woman’s daily life and affects her mental well-being.Aim: The overall aim was to conduct an overview of the midwife-led counselling for childbirth fear in Sweden, to investigate women’s birth preferences and to describe their experiences of treatment on childbirth fear, with focus on midwife-led counselling. READ MORE

  7. 15. Zvinorwadza : being a patient in the religious and medical plurality of the Mberengwa district, Zimbabwe

    Author : Olov Dahlin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; Patients - Zimbabwe; Medical plurality - Zimbabwe; Religious plurality - Zimbabwe; Patienter – Zimbabwe; Sjukdomsbegreppet – Zimbabwe; Mångkulturella samhällen – Zimbabwe; Mångreligiösa samhällen - Zimbabwe; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; History of religion; Religionshistoria;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with patients in a rural area of southern Africa and poses these basic questions: What does it mean to be ill in this part of the world and what do patients' life-worlds look like? In order to find answers to these questions, an in-depth fieldwork was carried out through which I was able to study how patients reacted to illness. I followed twenty patients in their search of ease, of which ten were members of Chief Mataga's family, with whom I was staying. READ MORE