Search for dissertations about: "hospital"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 2065 swedish dissertations containing the word hospital.

  2. 21. "The hospital is a uterus" : western discourses of childbirth in late modernity : a case study from northern Italy

    Author : Tove Holmqvist; Marja-Liisa Honkasalo; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Anthropology; socialantropologi;

    Abstract : The medicalisation of Western childbirth that was initiated in the seventeenth century has resulted in healthier women and infants, but it has also changed the cultural definition of birth as a restricted female experience. There is an increasing insistence among experts to define birth as a heterosexual couple's experience and to regard the woman and the foetus as two separate 'patients. READ MORE

  4. 22. Early discharge after hospital birth

    Author : Ulla Waldenström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

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  5. 23. Controlled by Knowledge : A Study of two Clinical pathways in Mental Healthcare

    Author : Mona Jerndahl Fineide; Lena Gonäs; Helge Ramsdal; Eva Bejerot; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organisation theory; scientific bureaucratic medicine; health policy; governance; New Public Management; regulatory tools; control; management; standardisation; rule production; instrumentation; clinical pathways; lean; work; professions; professionals; autonomy; discretion; power; knowledge; legitimacy; evidence based medicine; mental health care; hospital; child and youth psychiatry; psychiatrist; psychologist; jurisdiction; legitimacy; soft bureaucracy; hybridisation; Working Life Science; Arbetsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Standardisation of professional work is a major policy concern to ensure quality and efficiency of services and a number of hospitals are now focusing on the use of clinical pathways as an important tool to standardise their work. This study sheds light on the processes set in motion when notions of standardisation meet local practice. READ MORE

  6. 24. The hospital-wide patient flow - looking beyond borders for improved productivity

    Author : Philip Åhlin; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Productivity; Barriers; Capacity utilization; Solutions; Healthcare; Operations Management; Patient flow; Strategy; Hospital-wide;

    Abstract : Demand for healthcare is increasing at a faster pace than hospitals’ capacity. In search of new paths to reverse this development policy makers and healthcare managers look for new methodologies or concepts to improve productivity. One such concept is flow efficiency, focusing on how to better support the throughput of patients, and productivity. READ MORE

  7. 25. Work-integrated learning in a hospital ward setting : Exploring the interdependency between the professions and the organization

    Author : Mia Detlin; Maria Skyvell Nilsson; Lotta Dellve; Högskolan Väst; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; contemporary hospital care; occupational learning; expansive learning; interprofessional learning; newly graduated nurses; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing science; Work Integrated Learning; Arbetsintegrerat lärande;

    Abstract : Introduction:Contemporary hospital settings are a challenging learning and working environment for healthcare professionals. The challenges are largely related to the increasing need for healthcare caused by an ageing population, a lack of personnel resources, and demands for time efficiency. READ MORE