Search for dissertations about: "solitude"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the word solitude.

2. 1. For every word has its own shadow: Sunsets, Notes From Underground, Waves

   Author : Lisa Tan; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; affect; becoming; Maurice Blanchot; displacement; dispossession; essay film; experimental video; geological time; liminal; Clarice Lispector; materialism; primordial obscurity; provisional; solitude; Susan Sontag; threshold; transformation; translation; video; video installation; Virginia Woolf;

   Abstract : Liminality permeates this doctoral project's questions: how can an experience of the liminal exist as an artwork? What things and experiences can orient us towards affectivity and states of becoming? Lisa Tan relates such concerns to Clarice Lispector whose writing renders becoming(s) visible. Coupled with Maurice Blanchot and his literary discourse on dispossession and the outside (analogous to becoming), Tan's inquiry is critically engaged inside a moving image practice. READ MORE

4. 2. Physical activity and stroke - Associations and patient experiences

   Author : Malin Reinholdsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; stroke; physical activity; exercise; sedentary behaviour; stroke unit care;

   Abstract : Background: Insufficient physical activity is a global problem and a risk factor for stroke. Furthermore, physical activity is often reduced after stroke, and many patients are physically inactive in stroke units. READ MORE

5. 3. Vocally disruptive behaviour in severely demented patients in relation to institutional care provided

   Author : Ingalill Rahm Hallberg; Astrid Norberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Dementia; vocally disruptive behaviour; shouting; nursing care; sensory deprivation; understimulâtion; anxiety; object relation theory; caregivers1 reactions; E.H. Erikson1s theory;

   Abstract : Thirty-seven patients identified as vocally disruptive and a control group, selected from 264 patients at psychogeriatric wards were studied. Tape-recordings of their vocal behaviour, ratings of their functional performance and symptoms related to dementia, observations of their behaviour, activities and interaction with caregivers were performed. READ MORE

6. 4. Harnessing togetherness : perceptions of loneliness and promotion of social participation in the home care context

   Author : Therese Nordin; Ingeborg Nilsson; Per E. Gustafsson; Sofi Fristedt; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Loneliness; Older adults; Home care services; Home care delivery; Social participation; Occupational therapy; arbetsterapi;

   Abstract : Introduction: It is well known that older adults have a higher risk for loneliness, which is detrimental to health. Home care in Sweden has a responsibility to address social needs, but systematic approaches are lacking and there is a know–do gap. READ MORE

7. 5. Experiences of being in ethically difficult care situations and an intervention with clinical ethics support

   Author : Catarina Fischer Grönlund; Karin Zingmark; Unni Lindström; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Care ethics; clinical ethics support; ethically difficulties; healthcare professionals; inter-professional communication; narratives; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

   Abstract : Background: Studies show that healthcare professionals often experience ethical difficulties in their relations with patients, relatives, and other professionals and in relation to organisational issues, and these can sometimes be difficult to handle. Failing to act or to relate in accordance with one’s values for what is good and right might cause a troubled conscience that is connected to feelings of guilt and ill-being. READ MORE