Search for dissertations about: "life support minority"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words life support minority.
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1. Postconflict internally displaced persons in Ethiopia : mental distress and quality of life in relation to traumatic life events, coping strategy, social support, and living conditions
Abstract : Background: There are about 23.7 million internally displaced persons worldwide today, still living in the low-income countries. Ethiopia has for the past four decades been ravaged by war and famine. A lengthy civil war resulted in Eritrea, formerly a part of Ethiopia, becoming an independent state in 1991. READ MORE
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2. Life-charting patients with treatment-refractory affective disorder
Abstract : Introduction:In treatment-refractory affective illness there are several hypothesis to suggest alterations in the neurobiological systems in relation to illness course. The underlying mechanisms have been scantily investigated. READ MORE
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3. Tinnitus in Patients with Sensorineural Hearing Loss : Management and Quality of Life
Abstract : Approximately 15 % of Swedish people experience tinnitus, but only 2.4 % of them experience severe problems. Treatment modalities for tinnitus are varied, but the most common treatment model is counselling. READ MORE
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4. Inequalities in health : social, biological, ethnic and life-course perspectives
Abstract : There is an unmistakable consistency in differences in risks for morbidity and mortality between social groups. The more advantaged, whether measured in terms of income, education, class, status or ethnicity in general fare better when compared to others, emphasizing the importance of the social environment in determining health in all stages of life. READ MORE
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5. Living with diabetes within the framework of Swedish primary health care : Somalian and professional perspectives
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to provide knowledge on the one handSomalian-born immigrants´ experiences of living with diabetes mellitus (DM)in a new cultural environment, on the other hand their encounter with Swedishdiabetic care – this from both their own point of view and that of the health-care professionals. There was an endeavour to describe methodological aspectsof the interpreter´s role in respect of the trustworthiness of research performedin multicultural societies. READ MORE