Search for dissertations about: "life narratives"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 149 swedish dissertations containing the words life narratives.

  2. 16. Experiences of being in ethically difficult care situations and an intervention with clinical ethics support

    Author : Catarina Fischer Grönlund; Karin Zingmark; Unni Lindström; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Care ethics; clinical ethics support; ethically difficulties; healthcare professionals; inter-professional communication; narratives; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

    Abstract : Background: Studies show that healthcare professionals often experience ethical difficulties in their relations with patients, relatives, and other professionals and in relation to organisational issues, and these can sometimes be difficult to handle. Failing to act or to relate in accordance with one’s values for what is good and right might cause a troubled conscience that is connected to feelings of guilt and ill-being. READ MORE

  4. 17. Grown-up children of divorce : Experiences and health

    Author : Teresia Ängarne-Lindberg; Marie Wadsby; Carina Berterö; Michael Gähler; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Parental divorce; mental health; somtic health; narratives; Child and adolescent psychiatry; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri;

    Abstract : The comprehensive purpose of the thesis was to study the health and experiences, with a main focus on mental health, of a group of grown-up children of divorced parents in comparison to a group of persons without this experience. Mental health, experienced life events, narratives of divorce related experiences and personal resources were therefore examined in a group of young adults (age 22-33 years) whose parents divorced 15 years before the start of the first three studies. READ MORE

  5. 18. A life put on hold : inside and outside perspectives on illness, treatment, and recovery in adolescents with restrictive eating disorders

    Author : Katarina Lindstedt; Lars Kjellin; Sanna Aila Aila Gustafsson; Kerstin Neander; Carolina Lunde; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Adolescents; Anorexia Nervosa; restrictive eating disorders; family involvement; treatment outcome; patient perspectives; qualitative research; social contexts; interpersonal relationships;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to study adolescents with restrictive eating disorders in relation to illness, treatment, and recovery from an inside and outside perspective. Studies I and II are based on data from a national quality register for eating-disorder treatment. READ MORE

  6. 19. Different Voices - Different Stories : Communication, identity and meaning among people with acquired brain damage

    Author : Eleonor Antelius; Lars-Christer Hydén; Marja-Liisa Honkasalo; Andrew Sparkes; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Acquired brain damage; body; communication; dependence; disability; embodiment; enactment; ethnography; identity; language use; meaning-making practices; narratives; normality; personhood; power relations; self-determination; social interaction; stories; storytelling; story-making; videoethnography; voice; Beroende; berättande; berättelser; etnografi; funktionshinder; förkroppsligande; förvärvad hjärnskada; identitet; kommunikation; kropp; maktrelationer; meningsskapande praktiker; narrativer; normalitet; personskap; röst; självbestämmande; social interaktion; språkanvändning; videoetnografi; Disability research; Handikappsforskning;

    Abstract : The main purpose of the dissertation is to understand meaning-making practices used by people suffering from acquired brain damage with severe physical and communicative disabilities, in order to create and sustain their identity and personhood in relation to other people. The study emanates from the idea that identity and personhood, also in relation to disability, are created/sustained in ongoing interaction between people in everyday situations, and that the ability to narrate is central to such a creation of identity. READ MORE

  7. 20. Self-harm - hovering between hope and despair : experiences and interactions in a health care context

    Author : Britt-Marie Lindgren; Ulla Hällgren Graneheim; Sture Åström; Agneta Berg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; discursive psychology; experiences; hope; hopelessness; interactions; narratives; phenomenological hermeneutics; psychiatric nursing; qualitative content analysis; self-harm; berättelser; diskurspsykologi; fenomenologisk hermeneutik; hopp; hopplöshet; interaktion; kvalitativ innehållsanalys; psykiatrisk omvårdnad; självskada; upplevelser; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

    Abstract : Background The definition of self-harm used in this project is repeated, impulsive behaviour causing tissue damage, yet not intended as a suicide attempt. Instead of wishing to die, the person who self-harms wishes to be relieved from anxiety. READ MORE