Sökning: "medical pluralism"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden medical pluralism.

1. 1. Boteberättelser : En etnologisk studie av boteprocesser och det omprövande patientskapet

   Författare :AnnCristin Winroth; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethnology; Health; healing; illness; narratives; trust; healing process; ethno-medicine; medical pluralism; construction of patienthood; social movements; medical cultures; self-treatment; life-history; life-trajectories; social and individual drama; medical journals; patients documentation; alternative and complementary medicines; doctor-patient communication.; Etnologi; Ethnology; Etnologi; Ethnology; etnologi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis analyse how life-histories are expressed and reformulated in connection to a life crisis of ill health. The study is based on ten interviews with people who in connection with ill health have made use of treatments within both orthodox medicine and complementary medicine and who have also developed various forms of self-treatment. LÄS MER

3. 2. Bioethics Across Borders : An African Perspective

   Författare :Chikezie Onuoha; Carl-Henric Grenholm; Werner Wolbert; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Ethics; bioethics; pluralism; common morality; ethics; Beauchamp; Childress; Engelhardt; Kekes; Igbo; Africa; culture; worldview; solidarity; community; illness; medical care; Etik; Etik; Ethics;

   Sammanfattning : Bioethics deals with the ethical problems arising from the developments in life sciences and biotechnologies. Western autonomy-based philosophical framework has dominated the approach of mainstream Bioethics. LÄS MER

4. 3. European Legal Perspectives on Health-Related Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing

   Författare :Santa Slokenberga; Elisabeth Rynning; Jane Reichel; Tamara Hervey; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; direct-to-consumer genetic testing; legal pluralism; state sovereignty; coexistence; privacy; consent; technical performance; utility; Medicinsk rätt; Medical Law;

   Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis examines how the coexistence of the Council of Europe and the EUinfluences rules on direct-to-consumer genetic testing, as well as how these influencesreflect on individual states that are simultaneously bound to both of the legal orders ofinterest.Through the lens of legal pluralism and state sovereignty this research examines thecompetence and authority of the Council of Europe and the EU to handle the market aspects(technical performance and utility) as well as privacy (consent to a medical serviceand data protection requirements), and examines the obligations these two legal ordersplace on the Member States of the EU. LÄS MER

5. 4. "We Are In-Between". : Health-seeking, Gender and Authority in a Charismatic Church in Mbeya, Tanzania

   Författare :Lotta Gammelin; Kyrko- och missionsstudier; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; health-seeking; gender; health-seeking nomads; Faith-healing; Medical pluralism; authority; Pentecostal charismatic Christianity; spirit possession; agency; Spiritual warfare; suffering; motherhood; theological ethnography; Tanzania;

   Sammanfattning : This study examines health-seeking, healing practices, gender and authority in a charismatic, locally founded church, the International Church for Healing and Glory (ICHG) in Mbeya, Tanzania. Based on ten months of ethnographic fieldwork carried out in 2013 and 2014, it addresses the situation of people who resort to faith-healing in a medically pluralistic context. LÄS MER

7. 5. On the road to life satisfaction for person's with Parkinsons disease

   Författare :Lina Rosengren; Rehabiliteringsmedicin; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Parkinson s disease; Life satisfaction; Adaptation; Qualitative approaches; Sense of Coherence;

   Sammanfattning : Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders. The motor and non-motor symptoms of PD lead to a number of consequences in everyday life for persons with PD (PwPD). LÄS MER