Search for dissertations about: "personal worth"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words personal worth.

2. 1. Punishment and Personal Responsibility

   Author : Göran Duus-Otterström; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; desert determinism excuses explanations free will puniahment responsibility retributivism retributive justice retributive penal regime;

   Abstract : What justifies punishment? What are the features of a justified penal regime? Answers to these questions often centre on punishment’s capacity to change unwanted behaviour, either by deterring would-be rule breakers or addressing their criminal motivations through various forms of rehabilitation. This book instead defends (a version of) the retributive theory of punishment, according to which punishment should aim to give rule breakers what they deserve. READ MORE

4. 2. Ethical reasoning among experienced registered nurses in relation to communication with severely ill patients disclosing personal knowledge

   Author : Lilian Jansson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Communication; dementia care; ethical reasoning; groupsupervision; narrative ethics; oncological care; phenomenological hermeneutics; reflection; video recording;

   Abstract : Personal knowledge was disclosed amongst a group of experienced registered nurses in relation to feeding severely ill patients with cancer and dementia (I,II,III), communicating with severely demented patients (IV,V), and receiving group supervision (VI). Principled ethics did not seem an adequate model for describing the ethical reasoning of experienced RNs. READ MORE

5. 3. Improving quality of life using mind-body therapies : the evaluation of a course intervention for personal self-awareness and development

   Author : Lotta Fernros; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Breathing exercises; complementary therapies; health promotion; holistic health; imagery; meditation; mind-body relations; movement- and psychophysiology; qi; quality of life; questionnaires;

   Abstract : The general aim of this research project was to conduct a research project in complementary alternative medicine (CAM), and to evaluate an unusual course method. Since 1985 a special training centre, founded by Bengt Stern at Vikbolandet outside Norrköping, has been holding courses in personal development, Meet Yourself stage 1 . READ MORE

6. 4. Growing up with Dyslexia : Cognitive and Psychosocial Impact, and Salutogenic Factors

   Author : Gunnel Ingesson; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Development psychology; neurophysiology; neuropsychology; Neurology; Resilience; Salutogenic Factors; Socio-emotional Outcome; Cognitive Stability; Developmental Dyslexia; Utvecklingspsykologi; Neurologi; neuropsykologi; neurofysiologi;

   Abstract : The studies in this doctoral thesis report aspects of cognitive and socio emotional development in a group of teenagers and young adults with dyslexia. The 75 subjects, between 14 and 25 years of age, had been diagnosed in the latter half of the 1990s, and the collection of quantitative and qualitative data was performed in 2003-04. READ MORE

7. 5. The significance of view of life in persons with Alzheimer's disease

   Author : Anders Westius; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Alzheimer s disease; identity; life story; view of life; interview; phenomenological hermeneutics; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN; Human communication; Kommunikation mellan människor; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing Science;

   Abstract : Making it possible for persons with Alzheimer‟s disease (AD) to retain a sense of identity and personal worth during the process of the disease poses a great challenge to caregivers. The objective of the study was to investigate if the view of life of persons with AD could be understood in the frame of their life story and to elucidate the role of view of life in connection to their sense of identity. READ MORE