Search for dissertations about: "striving"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 234 swedish dissertations containing the word striving.

  2. 1. Striving for purity : interviews with people with malodorous exuding ulcers and their nurses

    Author : Elisabeth Lindahl; Ingegerd Bergbom; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : ulcers; malodour; purity; consolation; phenomenological hermeneutics; qualitative content analysis; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

    Abstract : The overall purpose of this thesis is two-fold; to illuminate the meaning of living with ‘impurity’ in terms of malodorous exuding ulcers, and the meaning of caring for people with ‘impure’ bodies in institutions and in people’s homes. The thesis comprises four papers based on studies using qualitative methods. READ MORE

  4. 2. Striving against adversity. : the dynamics of migration, health and poverty in rural South Africa

    Author : Mark A Collinson; Peter Byass; Gunnar Malmberg; Kathleen Kahn; Michael White; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; migration; temporary migration; permanent migration; refugee settlement; socioeconomic status; HIV transmission; adult mortality; child mortaality; returning to die; Epidemiology; Epidemiologi; Epidemiology; epidemiologi;

    Abstract :  Background: The study is based in post-apartheid South Africa and looks at the health and well being of households in the rural northeast. Temporary migration remains important in South Africa because it functions as a mainstay for income and even survival of rural communities. READ MORE

  5. 3. Striving for Autonomy : Health sciences teachers’ enactment of policy

    Author : Linda Barman; Klara Bolander-Laksov; Charlotte Silén; Brian Hodges; Karolinska Institutet Management and Ethics Informatics Department of Learning; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Educational change; Educational development; Educational policy; Higher education; University teachers; Curriculum change;

    Abstract : Abstract This thesis explores how teachers within the health sciences enact education policy. The questions address how teachers’ choices related to the design of courses and curricula are made in the light of reforms that emphasise standardisation and transparency. READ MORE

  6. 4. Striving for self-esteem : Conceptualizations and role in burnout

    Author : Victoria Blom; Maarit Johnson; Petra Lindfors; Martin Bäckström; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; self-esteem; contingent self-esteem; burnout; stressors; gender; stress; work; competence; performance; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : When self-esteem is dependent on competence individuals invest a great deal of effort in their accomplishments in order to validate themselves. The aim of the present thesis was to develop a theoretically sound and valid concept and measure of contingent self-esteem dependent on competence, and examine its vulnerable implications and role in burnout. READ MORE

  7. 5. Striving to be able and included : Expressions of sense of self in people with Alzheimer's disease

    Author : Ragnhild Hedman; Britt-Marie Ternestedt; Görel Hansebo; Ingrid Hellström; Astrid Norberg; Anna-Karin Edberg; Ersta Sköndal högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Agency; Alzheimer s disease; Communion; Early onset; Harré s social constructionist theory; Positioning; Research participation; Self; Support group; agency;

    Abstract : According to research applying a social constructionist perspective, the sense of self is not lost in people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). It is, however, greatly influenced by the symptoms and by how they are treated by other people. READ MORE