Search for dissertations about: "art in care environment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words art in care environment.

  1. 1. Vigilance & Invisibility : Care in technologically intense environments

    Author : Sofia Almerud; Bengt Fridlund; Margaretha Ekebergh; Patricia Benner; Växjö universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; caregivers; caring; caring relationship; critical illness; intensive care; nursing; patient perspective; phenomenology; technology; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Vårdvetenskap; Caring Science;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on the relationship between technology and caring in technologically intense environments. The overall aim was to uncover the meaning of care in those environments as experienced by patients and caregivers. READ MORE

  2. 2. Designing for Legitimacy : Policy Work and the Art of Juggling When Setting Limits in Health Care

    Author : Ann-Charlotte Nedlund; Peter Garpenby; Roine Johansson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health care; limit-setting; legitimacy; policy work; mediating institutions; sense making; governance;

    Abstract : Limit-setting in publicly funded healthcare is unavoidable, and increasingly important in the governance and management of the demand for health services. The work of limit-setting takes place in the organising of the provision of health services, where various health workers (professionals, administrators, unit managers, politicians) collectively exercise their skills. READ MORE

  3. 3. Everyday life in preschool – Swedish and international approaches

    Author : Frida Åström; Eva Björck; Mats Granlund; Lena Almqvist; Thomas Moser; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Early Childhood Education and Care ECEC ; preschool practices; participation; engagement; inclusion; environment; free play; systematic observation; behavior count; person-oriented; quality;

    Abstract : Background: The ultimate outcome of inclusive Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), with the focus on everyday life in preschool in this dissertation, is child participation, i.e., being there and being engaged while being there. READ MORE

  4. 4. Effects of Art and Design on Orientation in Healthcare Architecture : A study of wayfinding and wayshowing in a Swedish hospital setting

    Author : Muna Ibrahim; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; health-care architecture; hospital design; interior design; public art; wayfinding; orientation; affordance; familiarity; wayshowing; heterogeneity; temporality;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the role of interior design elements, especially artwork, in way-searchers’ wayfinding and orientation in hospital environments. The thesis considers the way-searcher’s background and the impact of cultural belonging, occupation, memories, aesthetic preferences, and language, and the influence that such factors might have on the perception of the hospital environment and its guiding elements. READ MORE

  5. 5. Analysis of prerequisites to introduce computer-based information systems in health care : a developing country study

    Author : Khalid Moidu; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : health; information systems; computers; end-users; decision support systems; expert systems; systems development; systems evaluation; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : To attain a state of global health requires integrated efforts of many professionals. The lingua franca for the many professionals involved in health care is data and information. For example, information on the extent of an infectious disease found in a community is required by the health care management, to mobilize appropriate resources. READ MORE