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2. 1. The moral enterprise in intensive care nursing

   Author : Agneta Cronqvist; Kim Lützén; Ingegerd Bergbom; Ersta Sköndal högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; caring competence; hermeneutics; intensive care nursing; moral stress; qualitative content analysis; stress support; ethics; nursing; intensive care units ethics; morals; nurses psychology; burnout; professional psychology; stress; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Ethics; Etik; Caring competence; hermeneutics; intensive care nursing; moral stress; qualitative content analysis; stress support.;

   Abstract : The aims of this thesis were to explore nurses' experiences of stress in the ICU (I), to analyze experiences of moral concerns in intensive care nursing from the perspective of relational ethics (II), to describe the synthesis of the concept of moral stress and to identify preconditions for moral stress (III) and to analyse and describe lived experiences of support in situations characterized by critical care situations and moral stress in intensive care (IV).The design was exploratory and descriptive. READ MORE

4. 2. Stress of conscience and burnout in healthcare : the danger of deadening one's conscience

   Author : Ann-Louise Glasberg; Anna Söderberg; Töres Theorell; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; conscience; troubled conscience; stress; burnout; healthcare personnel; Nursing; Omvårdnad;

   Abstract : The overall purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether there is an association between “stress of conscience” — that is, stress related to a troubled conscience — and burnout, and to obtain an enhanced understanding of factors related to stress of conscience and burnout in healthcare. Of the four “studies” included, one uses qualitative research methods and the others use quantitative research methods. READ MORE

5. 3. Categorization Work in the Swedish Welfare State : Doctors and social insurance officers on persons with mental ill-health

   Author : Maricel L Knechtel; Michael Allvin; Rafael Lindqvist; Sandra Torres; David Rosenberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; institutional categorization; institutional categories; street-level bureaucrats; discretion; sick leave; sick listing; diagnosis; mental illness; psychiatric diagnosis; moral work; deservingness; worthiness; medical sociology; work capability; medical certification; social insurance; vignette studies; discrimination; labeling; stickiness; social mechanisms; matching; screening; signaling; cognitive categorization; working conditions; conflicting demands; client processing; Human Service Organizations; work approach; primary health care; moral stress; Bayes; work capability; rationing; Sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : This dissertation contributes to the debate on street-level bureaucracy, which highlights how the decisions made by workers in public bureaucracies effectively become public policy. This debate has paid relatively little attention to the study of how professionals carry out their work by means of institutional categorization, a knowledge gap that this study helps to close. READ MORE

6. 4. Moral conflicts in health crises : Swedish health care workers’ experiences and management of moral stress

   Author : Martina E. Gustavsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: In health crises, elevated patient needs, and scarce resources may pose moral challenges for healthcare workers (HCWs), as they must prioritize and make complex professional decisions regarding the provision of patient care. Moral stress, distinct from occupational stress, may trigger a negative stress reaction, moral distress, and potential psychological outcomes. READ MORE

7. 5. Civil and Military Leadership Processes in Situations of Extreme Environmental Demands

   Author : Sofia Nilsson; Solveig Hägglund; Eva Johansson; Jon Christian Laberg; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Leadership processes; context; stress; humanitarian aid operations; military peacekeeping operations; Education; Pedagogik;

   Abstract : The aim of the studies included in this thesis has been to develop the knowledge about civil and military leadership processes and the conditions for these in situations characterized by extreme environmental demands. The main part of the thesis is based upon empirical data gathered through semi-structured qualitative interviews with Swedish civil and military leaders. READ MORE