Search for dissertations about: "life situation"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 827 swedish dissertations containing the words life situation.

  2. 6. Life situation among persons living with inflammatory bowel disease

    Author : Katarina Pihl Lesnovska; Sussanne Börjeson; Henrik Hjortswang; Gunilla Hollman Frisman; Bodil Ohlsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; critical incident; Crohn’s disease; inflammatory bowel disease; knowledge need; life situation; perception of healthcare; quality of care; ulcerative colitis;

    Abstract : Living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects physical, psychological and social dimensions, limiting the ability to engage in daily activities. Persons with IBD may need frequent and lifelong contacts with the healthcare (HC), highlighting the importance of quality care. READ MORE

  4. 7. Life situation in people with peripheral arterial disease and their family members

    Author : Louise Egberg; Anne-Cathrine Mattiasson; Johan Styrud; Karl-Gösta Ljungström; Sissel Andreassen; Berit Lundman; Sophiahemmet Högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Peripheral vascular disease; Experiences; Angioplasty; balloon; Health related quality of life; Life situation; Family members; Peripheral Vascular Disease;

    Abstract : Life with peripheral arterial disease and the resulting impaired walking ability leads to major limitations in daily life and a decreased quality of life. The overall aim of this thesis was to generate understanding about the life situation among people living with peripheral arterial disease and their family members. READ MORE

  5. 8. ”I don’t believe the meaning of life is all that profound” : A study of Icelandic teenagers’ life interpretation and values

    Author : Gunnar J. Gunnarsson; Sven Hartman; Geir Skeie; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; life interpretation; life philosophy; existential questions; values; teenagers; homogeneity; plurality; security; insecurity; religious education.; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : What do teenagers recount about themselves and their interpretation of life and values, and what characterises individual teenagers’ perceptions and statements? What is the relation between teenagers’ life interpretation and values and social circumstances? What challenges to school religious education do the teenagers’ perceptions and statements represent? These questions are central to the study Icelandic Teenagers’ Life Interpretation and Values.The purpose of the study was to investigate some central elements in teenagers’ life interpretation so as to discuss the results in terms of social circumstances in Iceland and of school religious education. READ MORE

  6. 9. The life situation of patients with heart failure in primary health care. An explorative and interventional study

    Author : Jan Mårtensson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; life situation; heart failure; primary health care; chronic illness; spouses; inside and outside perspective; caring; social network; social support; patient education; self-care behaviour; health-related quality of life; gender differences; Heart failure; Nursing; Cardiology;

    Abstract : The general aim of this thesis was to obtain a deeper understanding of the life situation of patients with mild to severe heart failure and their spouses, and to determine the effects of a nurse-led intervention on patients with heart failure in primary health care. A phe-nomenographic approach was used to describe how male (N=12) and female (N=12) patients with heart failure conceive their life situa-tion (I, II), and the critical incident technique was used to describe spousal (N=23) experience of factors that influence their support of the patient with heart failure. READ MORE

  7. 10. Bad Guys, Good Life : An Ethnography of Morality and Change in Kisekka Market (Kampala, Uganda)

    Author : Anna Baral; Sverker Finnström; Filip De Boeck; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Morality; Ethics; Urban planning; Informality; Bayaaye; Everyday life; Agency; Masculinity; Uganda; Buganda; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Abstract : Based on ethnographic data gathered over a period of almost three years, this dissertation scrutinizes the everyday lives of informal workers selling auto parts in Kisekka Market, central Kampala. Its ambition is to understand how the workers navigated a highly moralized environment in today’s Uganda, where the supposed moral deterioration of society is passionately discussed in public and in private. READ MORE