Search for dissertations about: "thoughts about own death"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words thoughts about own death.

  2. 1. Maintaining quality of life after prostate cancer diagnosis

    Author : Thordis Thorsteinsdottir; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : prostate cancer; quality of life; clinical trial; intrusive thoughts; psychological adaptation; thoughts about own death;

    Abstract : Knowledge of real-life factors that are associated with men’s self-assessed quality of life after prostate-cancer diagnosis could improve the support from health-care professionals in maintaining the men’s quality of life. Sudden, unwelcome and repetitive thoughts about a traumatic event – intrusive thoughts – constitute one factor of post-traumatic stress disorder. READ MORE

  4. 2. Me-ness and we-ness in a modified everyday life close to death at home

    Author : Ida Carlander (Goliath); Britt-Marie Ternestedt; Eva Sahlberg-Blom; Ingrid Hellström; Jonas Sandberg; Joakim Öhlén; Ersta Sköndal högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : life-threatening illness; everyday life; home; identity; self-image; dying; death; family; transition; narrative; interpretive description; secondary analysis; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; life-threatening illness;

    Abstract : The overarching aim of this thesis was to describe how family members experienced everyday life with life-threatening illness close to death, with focus on self-image and identity. The thesis comprises four papers, each with a specific aim to illuminate various aspects of the phenomenon under study. READ MORE

  5. 3. Communication about the Heart Failure Trajectory in Patients, their Families and Health Care Professionals

    Author : Lisa Hjelmfors; Tiny Jaarsma; Anna Strömberg; Maria Friedrichsen; Jan Mårtensson; Åsa Hörnsten; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Heart failure; nurse attitudes; prognosis; end-of-life care; communication; palliative care; end- of- life care education; simulation; undergraduate nursing students; co-design;

    Abstract : Introduction: There is an increasing awareness in the field of cardiology regarding the need for improved delivery of palliative care in patients with heart failure (HF). Professional guidelines have drawn attention to the importance of discussing the heart failure trajectory with patients and their families. READ MORE

  6. 4. To mourn and resist stigma : Narration, meaning-making and self-formation after a parent’s suicide

    Author : Anneli Silvén Hagström; Margareta Hydén; Ulla Forinder; Robert Neimeyer; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Grief; identity; Internet; narrative; stigma; suicide; theatre; youth; Identitet; Internet; narrativ; självmord; sorg; stigma; teater; ungdomar;

    Abstract : Grief following a parent’s suicide has been called ‘the silent grief’: due to a prevailing stigma connected to suicide as a mode of death, the parent cannot be talked about. This silenced or distorted communication complicates grieving youths’ meaning reconstruction centred on the question of why the parent committed suicide – a question inevitably linked to queries of who the deceased parent was, and that ultimately triggers thoughts about who oneself has become in the light of this experience. READ MORE