Search for dissertations about: "palliative therapy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 swedish dissertations containing the words palliative therapy.

  2. 1. Interlaced proton grid therapy: development of an innovative radiation treatment technique

    Author : Thomas Henry; Irena Gudowska; Tony Lomax; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; proton therapy; grid therapy; spatially fractionated therapy; interlacing; Medical Radiation Physics; medicinsk strålningsfysik;

    Abstract : Spatially fractionated radiotherapy, also known as grid therapy (GRID), has been used for more than a century to try to treat several kinds of lesions. Yet, the grid technique remains a relatively unknown and uncommon treatment modality nowadays. READ MORE

  4. 2. The incurable cancer patient at the end of life : Medical care utilization, quality of life and the additive analgesic effect of paracetamol in concurrent morphine therapy

    Author : Bertil Axelsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Surgery; Palliative; cancer; place of death; health care utilization; quality of life; morphine; paracetamol; pain; Kirurgi; Surgery; Kirurgi; Surgery; kirurgi;

    Abstract : Only 12% of the patients died at home. When the period between diagnosis and death was less than one month, every patient died in an institution. Younger patients, marriedpatients, and those living within the 40 km radius of the hospital utilized more hospital days. READ MORE

  5. 3. Register studies on pain throughout the course of life - its occurrence and relation to mental illness

    Author : Elisabeth Bondesson; Lund Ortopedi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; pain; persistent pain; mental illlness; depression; register; epidemiologi; healthcare consultation; Internet based cognitive behavioural therapy; physical exercise; palliative care;

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  6. 4. Rectal Cancer : Surgical Strategies and Histopathological Aspects

    Author : Maziar Hosseinali Khani; Kenneth Smedh; Lars Påhlman; Brendan Moran; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Rectal cancer; APR; en bloc resection; CRM; centralization; stage IV; metastases; palliative surgery; local recurrence; survival; Surgery; Kirurgi; Kirurgi; Surgery;

    Abstract : The management of rectal cancer has changed in many countries over the last two decades and resulted in improved survival for the majority of rectal cancer patients. In this thesis some surgical strategies and histopathological aspects to improve and clarify the management of rectal cancer patients are investigated. READ MORE

  7. 5. Therapeutic aspects of engagement in occupations : in the context of day care for older people and patients in palliative care

    Author : Gerd Andersson Svidén; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Day-care; health-related quality of life; grounded theory; occupational therapy; older adults; palliative care; phenomenology;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to identify and describe therapeutic aspects of engagement in occupations in day-care programs designed for older people with chronic conditions or patients in palliative care. The thesis includes four studies. READ MORE