Sökning: "alleviation of suffering"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 avhandlingar innehållade orden alleviation of suffering.

  1. 1. Att vara i en fristad : berättelser om lindrat lidande inom palliativ vård

    Författare :Joakim Öhlén; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; alleviation of suffering; cancer patients; caring; hermeneutics; lived body; nursing care; palliative care; phenomenology of the life-world; suffering; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap;

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

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

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

  4. 3. On the effects of tactile touch in Parkinson's disease patients

    Författare :Örjan Skogar; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Background: Tactile Touch as a treatment modality is, in broad terms, scientifically unexplored. Patients use Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) forms of treatment outside the area of pharmaceuticals to a great extent, particularly patients suffering from chronic diseases. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Acupuncture - effects on muscle blood flow and aspects of treatment in the clinicla context

    Författare :Margareta Sandberg; Björn Gerdle; Lars-Goran Lindberg; Thomas List; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Acupuncture; muscle blood flow; non-invasive; photoplethysmography; fibromyalgia; pain; postmenopausal symptoms; psychological distress; Physiotherapy; Sjukgymnastik fysioterapi;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to elucidate and investigate psychophysiological aspects and effects of acupuncture and needle stimulation. Within this framework emphasis was directed toward the effects of needle stimulation (acupuncture) on muscle blood flow in the tibialis anterior and trapezius muscles in healthy subjects and patients suffering from chronic muscle pain. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Living with hemodialysis therapy

    Författare :Birger Hagren; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Autonomy; caregivers; chronic kidney disease; haemodialysis; life situation; qualitative content analysis; space; suffering; time;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to describe and to characterize patients experiences of suffering from end-stage renal disease. Although suffering is assumed to be an individually experienced phenomenon, the interest was to identify common themes that would contribute to an understanding of what it means to undergo maintenance haemodialysis treatment. LÄS MER