Search for dissertations about: "quality of evidence"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 757 swedish dissertations containing the words quality of evidence.

2. 1. Philosophical controversies in the evaluation of medical treatments : With a focus on the evidential roles of randomization and mechanisms in Evidence-Based Medicine

   Author : Alexander Mebius; John Cantwell; Jeremy Howick; Sven Ove Hansson; Julian Reiss; KTH; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Evidence; randomized controlled trials; observational studies; systematic reviews; meta-analysis; methodology; process assessment; outcome assessment; medical care; randomization; evidence-based medicine; selection bias; philosophy of medicine; philosophy of science; mechanisms; quality of evidence; animal studies; treatment effect; causation by absence; medical technology; Filosofi; Philosophy;

   Abstract : This thesis examines philosophical controversies surrounding the evaluation of medical treatments, with a focus on the evidential roles of randomised trials and mechanisms in Evidence-Based Medicine. Current 'best practice' usually involves excluding non-randomised trial evidence from systematic reviews in cases where randomised trials are available for inclusion in the reviews. READ MORE

4. 2. Evidence in International Criminal Procedure : Confronting Legal Gaps and the Reconstruction of Disputed Events

   Author : Mark Klamberg; Said Mahmoudi; Håkan Friman; Kai Ambos; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; evidence law; international criminal procedure; evaluation of evidence; collection of evidence; disclosure; presentation of evidence; precedent; implied powers; inherent powers; beyond reasonable doubt; robustness; folkrätt; Public International Law;

   Abstract : This study examines the difficulties in establishing a universal code of procedural law governing international criminal trials and fact-finding. It covers five procedural systems: the military tribunals of Nuremberg and Tokyo, the ad hoc tribunals for former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and the International Criminal Court. READ MORE

5. 3. Quality management : National or global driving factors

   Author : Dag Kroslid; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Quality Management; Quality Development; Business Excellence; Total Quality Management; Culture; Hofstede;

   Abstract : Around the world Quality Management is commonly regarded by industrialists and academics as a management concept that encompasses the potential in any organisation of developing into a company-wide philosophy with a profound focus on stakeholder values and improvement processes. However, there are mounting evidence that Quality Management has developed into an important strategic issue also on a national level, and that some leading industrial nations have enjoyed significant gains in the post War era by means of nation-wide progresses in Quality Management. READ MORE

6. 4. Improving quality of summative eHealth evaluations

   Author : Monika Nair; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Evidence; Translation; Standard; Quality; eHealth; Value; Summative evaluation; Interorganizational collaboration;

   Abstract : Summative evaluation, which is conducted at the end of an eHealth trial or implementation, assesses outcomes, produces evidence, and advances knowledge of eHealth implementations in healthcare provisions. Therefore, its high quality is essential in order to reap the benefits of the results generated by evaluation studies. READ MORE

7. 5. In Search of Quality Management : Rethinking and Reinterpreting

   Author : Dag Kroslid; Tom Fisher; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Quality Management; Quality Development; Business Excellence; Total Quality Management; Culture; Hofstede;

   Abstract : Quality Management has, in addition to its establishment as a management discipline of organisational and industrial importance, instituted itself as a topic of national concern with nationwide surges and contractions in the dissemination of practices. Empirical data are examined in this thesis in relation to the current status and historical development of such trends among twelve leading industrial nations. READ MORE