Search for dissertations about: "person affecting view"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words person affecting view.
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1. Harm, Benefit, and Non-Identity
Abstract : This thesis in an invistigation into the concept of "harm" and its moral relevance. A common view is that an analysis of harm should include a counterfactual condition: an act harms a person iff it makes that person worse off. A common objection to the moral relevance of harm, thus understood, is the non-identity problem. READ MORE
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2. Why Care About Future People's Environment? : Approaches to Non-Identity in Contractualism and Natural Law
Abstract : The dissertation analyses the capacity of contractualism and natural law to justify environmental intergenerational duties.For three decades, climate change has been a major political concern. As a fundamental threat to environmental sustainability, climate change is believed to threaten the long-term welfare of humankind. READ MORE
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3. Peer mentoring - A complementary support to persons after an acute myocardial infarction
Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis was to investigate the experience of having an acute myocardial infarction in newly afflicted persons living in sparsely populated counties, and whether an intervention with peer mentors would provide support by affecting the perception of illness, health related quality of life and everyday life. The aim was also to describe the support of peer mentors from their perspective and what the mentoring meant to them. READ MORE
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4. Functioning in prosthetic users provided with and without a microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knee – relative effects on mobility, self-efficacy and attentional demand
Abstract : Background: To undergo a lower limb amputation is a traumatic experience affecting the individual on physical as well as psychological levels and often leading to limitations in a person´s daily life. Following an amputation individual often receive a prosthesis to address impairments in mobility and functioning. READ MORE
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5. Self-reported activity and participation in persons with haemophilia living in Sweden
Abstract : Background: Haemophilia is a hereditary disease caused by deficiency of clotting factor VIII or IX. Recurrent joint bleeding episodes can lead to haemophilia arthropathy, a condition affecting daily activities and participation in society. READ MORE