Search for dissertations about: "end stage patient"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 71 swedish dissertations containing the words end stage patient.

2. 1. Medical students' learning of the consultation and the patient-doctor relationship

   Author : Mats Wahlqvist; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : medical students; learning consultation skills; patient-doctor relationship; communication skills; patient-centred attitudes; undergraduate medical education; experience-based learning model; reflection; evaluation;

   Abstract : Background: In medical education, learning about the consultation and the patient-doctor relationship is nowadays highly recommended. However, research from educational practice from students? perspective is needed to facilitate a better understanding of students? learning. The thesis is based on four studies. READ MORE

4. 2. Patients in Clinical Cancer Trials : Understanding, Motivation and Hope

   Author : Tove Godskesen; Ulrik Kihlbom; Peter Nygren; Karin Nordin; Peter Strang; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; cancer; adults; clinical trials; phase 1 trials; phase 3 trials; patient information; patient education; informed consent; hope;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to study participants' understanding of clinical cancer trials, and their motivation for participation. Of particular interest was the question of whether the patients hoped for a cure resulting from the trial. READ MORE

5. 3. A clinical epidemiological study on end-stage liver disease in Ghana

   Author : Yvonne Ayerki Nartey; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : End-stage liver disease (ESLD), including advanced liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), is the final stage of long-standing injury to the liver due to risk factors such as chronic viral hepatitis and alcoholic liver disease. There is a high disease burden and mortality globally, especially in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries such as Ghana, where the primary cause of HCC and cirrhosis is infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV). READ MORE

6. 4. Living with haemodialysis close to death - patients' and close relatives' experiences

   Author : Lena Axelsson; Birgitta Klang; Stefan Jacobson; Sissel Andreassen Gleissman; Carina Lundh Hagelin; Britt-Marie Ternestedt; Sophiahemmet Högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Close relative; Death; Dying; End of life; End-stage renal disease; haemodialysis; Palliative care; Phenomenological-hermeneutics; Qualitative content analysis; Retrospective interviews; Serial interviews; close relative;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to generate  understanding and knowledge a bout the experiences of  patients living with haemodialysis, and their close relati ves, near the end of life. In studies I and II we  conducted a series of 31 qualitative interviews over a period of 12 months with 8 severely ill patients  (aged 66–87) treated with haemodialysis. READ MORE

7. 5. Hip disability : patient education, classification and assessment

   Author : Maria Klässbo; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Activity limitations; assessment; capsular pattern; classification; disability; hip; HOOS; NHP; osteoarthritis; pain; physiotherapy; range of motion; stiffness; quality of life; WOMAC;

   Abstract : Hip disability is common and entails activity limitations, participation restrictions and increased risk of further disability and health problems, partially due to inactivity. Hip osteoarthritis (OA), the major diagnosis, is difficult to define, especially when no joint space narrowing is seen in radiography. READ MORE