Search for dissertations about: "respect and dignity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the words respect and dignity.

2. 1. Evaluating the Swedish Dignity Care Intervention within municipality healthcare : for older persons with palliative care needs

   Author : Annika Söderman; Karin Blomberg; Carina Werkander Harstäde; Maria Hälleberg Nyman; Ulrika Östlund; Joakim Öhlén; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Community-based healthcare; Dignity; Evaluation; Implementation; Intervention; Older persons; Palliative care;

   Abstract : Background: Palliative care in Sweden is not equal in terms of age, disease, and place of care. An essential value within palliative care is dignity, therefore healthcare emphasizing this value must be prioritized. However, older persons are concerned their dignity would not be considered and dignity interventions are rare. READ MORE

4. 2. Bereaved family members’ VOICES of support and care during the last three months of life for people with advanced illness

   Author : Anna O'Sullivan; Cecilia Larsdotter; Anette Alvariza; Tiny Jaarsma; Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Family members; quality of care; care place; care service; satisfaction; information; end-of-life communication; palliative care; end-of-life care; VOICES questionnaire; involvement in decision-making; respect and dignity; support; Människan i välfärdssamhället; Palliativ vård; The Individual in the Welfare Society; Palliative Care;

   Abstract : This thesis is in the subject of palliative care within the research field ‘The individual in the Welfare society’. The overall aim was to investigate bereaved family members’ experiences of support and care during the last three months of life for people with advanced illness. READ MORE

5. 3. Patients' Conceptions of Integrity within Health Care Illuminated from a Gender and a Personal Space Boundary Perspective

   Author : Ingrid Widäng; Britt-Marie Ternestedt; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : Health services research; confidence; dignity; female patient; gender; health care; integrity; maintaining the self; male patient; personal space boundary; phenomenography; self-respect; Hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning;

   Abstract : The aims of this licentiate thesis were to explore and describe female and male patients’ conceptions of integrity within health care and to illuminate the conceptions from a gender as well as a personal space boundary perspective. A qualitative design with a phenomenographic approach was used. READ MORE

6. 4. Dignity in the end of life care : what does it mean to older people and staff in nursing homes?

   Author : Lise-Lotte Dwyer; Britt-Marie Ternestedt; Lennart Nordenfelt; Ingegerd Fagerberg; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing Science;

   Abstract : The discussion of a palliative care and a dignified death has almost exclusively been applied to people dying of cancer. As people are getting older and are living longer, nursing homes have become an important place for end-of-life care and death. Dignity is a concept often used in health care documents but their meaning is rarely clarified. READ MORE

7. 5. Subjective experiences of dignity within mental health care

   Author : Frode Skorpen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Dignity;

   Abstract : Background: The importance of respecting people’s inherent dignity was put on the agenda during the last century with the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. From a caring science perspective, the importance of meeting people with respect and taking care of their absolute dignity is also emphasized. READ MORE