Search for dissertations about: "substandard care"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words substandard care.

2. 1. Tinkered care: Assembling Medicine Consumption in Grey Zones

   Author : Rui Liu; Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; care practices; medicine consumption; tinkering; ; grey zones; health services; medical professionals; substandard and falsified medical products; Sweden;

   Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to advance knowledge about care as situated practices within and beyond medical institutional settings. It addresses the phenomenon of substandard and falsified medical products, an issue that concerns state governments globally and organisations including the World Health Organization. READ MORE

4. 2. Severe asphyxia due to substandard care during labour

   Author : Sophie Berglund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Asphyxia; Apgar score; labour; delivery; oxytocin; vacuum extraction; Caesarean section; substandard care; medical malpractice; cerebral palsy; neonatal resuscitation; perinatal death; neonatal death; fetal blood sampling; CTG; FHR;

   Abstract : Aim: The objective of the thesis was to describe the most common causes of substandard care during labour contributing to severe asphyxia or neonatal death, to study risk factors related to asphyxia associated with substandard care and to explore the occurrence of substandard care during labour. Background: There are about 100 000 infants born every year in Sweden. READ MORE

5. 3. The production and maintenance of inequalities in health care : A communicative perspective

   Author : Joel Hedegaard; Helene Ahl; Airi Rovio-Johansson; Karin Jonnergård; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; communication; gender; ethnicity; health care; organization; critical discourse analysis; social constructionism; social positions; qualitative content analysis;

   Abstract : The Swedish health care system does not offer care on equal terms for all its end-users. Discrimination toward patients can take the form substandard communication toward women or foreign born patients. Discrimination is also embedded in the organizational context. READ MORE

6. 4. Making motherhood safe in the West Bank, occupied Palestinian territory

   Author : Nadim Al-Adili; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : West Bank; reproductive deaths; maternal mortality; avoidability; verbal autopsy; quality of care; women s status; violence against women; Orphans survival; gender; death notification and registration; Occupied Palestinian Territory.;

   Abstract : Objective: To determine causes of death among women of reproductive age; to determine MMR; to review death notification and registration procedures, and to examine the fate and status of under-5 motherless orphans in the West Bank. Methods: All reported deaths (n= 431) of women 15-49 years old during 2000-2001 in the West Bank area of OPT were investigated. READ MORE

7. 5. Pregnancies with decreased fetal movements : risk factors and strategies for mitigation of poor neonatal outcomes

   Author : Irene Sterpu; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background and aims: The most feared complication of pregnancy is stillbirth. Globally there are 2.6 million stillbirths annually with more than 7000 deaths a day. Pregnancies with reduced fetal movements have a higher risk of stillbirth and growth restriction. READ MORE