Search for dissertations about: "holistic approach in medicine"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 44 swedish dissertations containing the words holistic approach in medicine.

  2. 1. Rape against Women in Tanzania : Studies of Social Reactions and Barriers to Disclosure

    Author : c Muganyizi; Pia Axemo; Gunilla Lindmark; Lennarth Nyström; Maria Emmelin; Siriel Massawe; Charlotte Watts; Ann Öhman; Viveca Odlind; Berit Schei; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Rape; women; victim; supporter; social reaction; social network; community; Tanzania; Reproductive health; Reproduktiv hälsa; Obstetrik och gynekologi; Obstetrics and Gynaecology;

    Abstract : This thesis assessed responses toward rape against women as experienced by the victims and victim supporters in the context of the interaction between victims, supporters, and formal agencies in Tanzania. The overall research design was based on triangulation with a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. READ MORE

  4. 2. Integrative Medicine in the Dutch healthcare system : prerequisites and tools for implementation

    Author : Marja van Vliet; Miek C. Jong; Mats Jong; Ingegerd Hildingsson; Walter Osika; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Integrative Medicine; Complementary Medicine; self-management; health; salutogenesis; perceived stress; empathy; self-reflection; nursing education; medical education;

    Abstract : Integrative Medicine (IM) is a care approach that focuses on the overall well-being and healing process of patients rather than solely on their disease. IM educates and empowers people to be active players in their own care, emphasizes the therapeutic relationship, and makes use of all appropriate evidence-based approaches. READ MORE

  5. 3. A holistic view of urinary stress incontinence in women

    Author : Anna-Lena Berglund; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Stress urinary incontinence; surgical treatment; urodynamics; pad test; nursing; personality characteristics; leisure time; spouse relationship; sexuality; social network; predictors; outcome;

    Abstract : The present study group consists of 45 women with genuine stress incontinence who were selected for surgical treatment and randomized either to retropubic urethrocystopexy (n=30) or pubococcygeal repair (n=15). The preoperative assessment included medical history, gynecological examination, urine analysis and culture, residual urine, pad test, frequency-continence charts, water urethrocystoscopy, continence test and cystometry with analysis of micturition. READ MORE

  6. 4. Images, Motives, and Challenges for Western Health Workers in Humanitarian Aid

    Author : Magdalena Bjerneld; Gunilla Lindmark; Beth Maina Ahlberg; Lars Dahlgren; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; humanitarian action; human resource management; relief workers; aid workers; volunteers; images; motives; qualitative research; Public health medicine research areas; Folkhälsomedicinska forskningsområden; Medicin; Medicine;

    Abstract : This thesis presents how humanitarian aid workers were attracted, motivated, recruited, and prepared for fieldwork, and how they reported their work experience directly from the field and when they returned home. Data were derived from interviews with experienced aid workers, focus group discussions with presumptive aid workers, analysis of letters from aid workers in the field on MSFs homepages in Europe, and from interviews with recruitment officers at some of the main humanitarian organisations. READ MORE

  7. 5. TAKING CARE OF OTHERS - WHAT'S IN IT FOR US? Exploring workplace-related health from a salutogenic perspective in a nursing context

    Author : Åsa Bringsén; Allmänmedicin och samhällsmedicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; salutogenesis; health care worker; Workplace health promotion; flow; complexity; SHIS; instrument;

    Abstract : The aim was to explore and make sense of a salutogenic relationship between workplace, work and health, through an employee perspective in a Swedish nursing context. The aim was also to make sense of the role of a workplace health promotion (WHP) process, in a salutogenic public health perspective, and develop useful instruments for this kind of health-related development work. READ MORE