Search for dissertations about: "existential questions"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words existential questions.
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1. Livsfrågor och religionskunskap : En belysning av ett centralt begrepp i svensk religionsdidaktik
Abstract : This thesis focuses on “livsfrågor” (questions of life) a typical Swedish concept introduced in the RE syllabus in the curriculum for compulsory schools in 1969. The study poses three questions: what can qualify as a “livsfråga”, why are they regarded important, and how do they fit into teaching? The main purpose is to study differences of the concept in two materials. READ MORE
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2. Existential issues in surgical care : Nurses’ experiences and attitudes in caring for patients with cancer
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to explore surgical nurses’ experiences of being confronted with patients’ existential issues when caring for patients with cancer, and to examine whether an educational intervention may support nurses in addressing existential needs when caring for patients with cancer. Previously recorded discussions from supervision sessions with eight healthcare professionals were analysed (I), written descriptions of critical incidents were collected from 10 nurses, and interviews with open questions were conducted (II). READ MORE
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3. Existential Issues in Palliative Care
Abstract : The main purpose of this dissertation is to describe how terminally ill patients experienced their situation, and what their views about the future were. Further, the experiences and attitudes of relatives of such patients, and of health care professionals, were also central. READ MORE
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4. Spiritual /existential issues in palliative care. With special reference to patients with brain tumours and their spouses
Abstract : Spiritual/existential questions are activated when death becomes a real threat, regardless of whether one has an atheistic or a religious background. Since health care staff are often in charge of severely ill and dying people, they should be able to offer situation-bound support in existential crises, and also to know when to call for expert assistance such as the hospital chaplain. READ MORE
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5. Music and risk in an existential and gendered world
Abstract : Adolescents in Western society often expose themselves to high levels of sound at gyms, rock concerts, discotheques etc. These behaviours are as threatening to young people’s health as more traditional risk behaviours. READ MORE