Search for dissertations about: "disability studies"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 694 swedish dissertations containing the words disability studies.

  2. 16. Psychiatric disability in the community : Surveying the social landscape in the post-deinstitutional era

    Author : David Rosenberg; Rafael Lindqvist; Anna Meuwisse; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; psychiatric disability; social model; community mental health; deinstitutionalization; recovery; Disability research; Handikappsforskning;

    Abstract : This dissertation presents a discussion of life in the community for people experiencing psychiatric disabilities in the post-deinstitutional era, with the goal of developing knowledge that can suggest a focus for planning more relevant services and supports. While evaluations of deinsitutionalization have focused on possibilities for providing community, rather than hospital-based services for these individuals, the intention was to support a participatory life in the community, a life defined by much more than just care and treatment. READ MORE

  4. 17. Assessment of participation in people with a mild intellectual disability

    Author : Patrik Arvidsson; Mats Granlund; Mikael Thyberg; Gerd Ahlström; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; assessment; clinimetrics; ICF; intellectual disability; participation; participation restrictions; self-ratings; Handikappvetenskap; Disability Research;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this doctoral thesis was to explore an assessment of participation according to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in people with a mild intellectual disability.Study I used secondary data and explored how participation can be assessed. READ MORE

  5. 18. Social Insurance, Organization and Hospital Care

    Author : Eric Rehn; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Disability insurance; Trilateral Trade; Continuous disability; Partial Disability; Property Rights Approach to Organization; Imperfect Tagging; Partial Integration; Public Hospitals; Joint Production; Privatization; Integration;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four chapters where chapter 1 introduces the topics in the following chapters and discusses some related literature. Chapter 2 moves beyond the disability insurance with two types, able and disabled, in Parsons (1996). READ MORE

  6. 19. Aspects of Disability in Rheumatoid Arthritis : a five-year follow-up in the Swedish TIRA project

    Author : Mathilda Björk; Björn Gerdle; Ingrid Thyberg; Thomas Skogh; Klas Rikner; Karin Harms-Ringdahl; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Rheumatoid arthritis RA ; disability; hand function; pain intensity; ADL; sick leave; prediction; Rheumatology; Reumatologi;

    Abstract : Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a progressive disease, often leading to disability. Because the disease course develops rapidly during the first years after diagnosis, more knowledge is needed about the early disease course to minimize later disability. READ MORE

  7. 20. Multidisciplinary rehabilitation in musculoskeletal disorders : Quantitative and qualitative follow-up studies

    Author : Rita Sjöström; Marie Alricsson; Ragnar Asplund; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; disability; mental health; mobility; musculoskeletal; pain; quality of life; rehabilitation; return to work; sick leave; nedsatt förmåga; mental hälsa; rörlighet; muskuloskeletal; smärta; livskvalitet; rehabilitering; återgång i arbete; sjukskrivning; rehabiliteringsvetenskap; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap;

    Abstract : The primary aim of this investigation was to evaluate a seven-weekmultidisciplinary rehabilitation programme, with emphasis onmusculoskeletal disorders, for working-age people, by assessments at thestart and end of the rehabilitation programme, and at follow-upexaminations 6, 12 and 24 months after completion of the programme. Afurther aim was to explore the experiences of people not returning to workduring a period of six years after participation in an extensivemultidisciplinary rehabilitation programme. READ MORE