Search for dissertations about: "living longer"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 157 swedish dissertations containing the words living longer.

  2. 1. Living Longer, Living Harder : Ageing in Extreme Poverty in Bangladesh

    Author : Owasim Akram; Thomas Denk; Jan Jämte; Ilaria Pitti; Johan Vamstad; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ageing; Agency; Extreme Poverty; Generational Bargain; Life History Interviews; Othering; Postcolonial; Qualitative; Social Policy; Welfare Regimes;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this dissertation is to understand the lived experience of age-ing in extreme poverty in developing countries, in this case Bangladesh, a country that hosts a large number of extreme poor and ageing population. By focusing on the role of the family, the most neglected pillar of welfare, this dissertation sheds new light on the microprocesses of welfare politics. READ MORE

  4. 2. Living with diabetes : a lifelong learning process

    Author : Åsa Kneck; Ingegerd Fagerberg; Berit Lundman; Lars E. Eriksson; Inger Holmström; vårdvetenskap och samhälle Institutionen för neurobiologi Karolinska institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Diabetes; Lifelong illness; Learning process; Transition; Self-management; Triggers; Lifeworld; diabetes;

    Abstract : Living with diabetes, as a lifelong illness, is interlaced with learning and to face continual changes. However, the role of time in this learning process is not yet well understood. The overall aim of the thesis was to gain a deepened understanding of learning to live with diabetes for those recently diagnosed and over a three year period. READ MORE

  5. 3. Living with fibromyalgia : A study of the consequences for daily activities

    Author : Chris Henriksson; Töres Theorell; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic generalized muscle pain syndrome. This thesis is a study of 116 patients with FM, twenty living in the USA and the rest in Sweden, all meeting the classification criteria proposed by the American College of Rheumatology, and 39 patients with chronic regio!Jal muscle pain. READ MORE

  6. 4. Adults with Cerebral Palsy : living with a lifelong disability

    Author : Karin Sandström; Birgitta Öberg; Kersti Samuelsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Although Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a lifelong disability, the research has mainly focused in children with CP. However, in recent years new studies have examined the different aspects of being an adult with a congenital disability. READ MORE

  7. 5. Sexuality in women living with HIV

    Author : Ewa Carlsson-Lalloo; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; HIV; Childbearing; Sexuality; Women;

    Abstract : The overall aim was to investigate different aspects of sexuality in women living with HIV in Sweden. Study I was a meta-synthesis of 18 qualitative studies describing experiences of sexuality and reproduction in women living with HIV. READ MORE