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1. 1. Dilemmas in palliative chemotherapy when approaching end-of-life

   Författare :Ulla Näppä; Bertil Axelsson; Birgit H Rasmussen; Olav Lindqvist; Gunilla Enblad; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; cancer; chemotherapy; decision-making; dilemma; palliative care; performance status; questionnaire; registered nurse; kyselylomake; ongelma; palliatiivinen hoito; päätöksenteko; sairaanhoitaja; sytostaattihoito; syöpä; yleistila; allmäntillstånd; beslutsprocess; cancer; cytostatika; dilemma; enkät; palliativ vård; sjuksköterska; onkologi; Oncology;

   Sammanfattning : Background When cure is no longer possible, medical care should aim for a transition to palliative care regardless of disease. Patients with incurable cancer are often treated with palliative chemotherapy (PCT), starting with the intent to prolong life and increase quality of life. LÄS MER

3. 2. 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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4. 3. Tid och existentiellt meningsskapande : Kvinnors berättelser om sitt liv med allvarlig sjukdom

   Författare :Lisbeth Claeson; Sonja Olin Lauritzen; Eva Jeppsson Grassman; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; serious illness; women; meaning-making; narrative; narrative time; hermeneutics; existential learning; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education;

   Sammanfattning : Being affected by a serious or life-threatening illness implies an existentially changed situation that is accompanied by a number of questions about the illness itself, consequences of the illness in an everyday context and implications for the future. The purpose of this dissertation is to examine people’s meaning-making when they are affected by a serious illness and to determine how the illness acquires meaning in the context of their lives. LÄS MER

5. 4. A postmodern saint? - on motives for voluntarism

   Författare :Ulla Habermann; Socialhögskolan; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; integration and sustainability.; identity; female care; narratives; altruism; Voluntarism; motives; Sociology; Social changes; theory of social work; teorier om socialt arbete; Sociala förändringar; Sociologi; altruism;

   Sammanfattning : The theme of this thesis is motives for voluntarism - with particular focus on volunteering in social work compared to voluntary work in sports clubs and patient associations. It is based on a combination of different data sources and methodological approaches: surveys, analyses of letters from volunteers and literature studies. LÄS MER

7. 5. Everyday living with persistent pain in old age. Pain and its alleviation as perceived by functionally dependent older persons and by staff

   Författare :Kerstin Blomqvist; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medicine human and vertebrates ; Medicin människa och djur ; content analysis.; typology; staff attitude; cognitive impairment; pain relief; pain assessment; pain; Elderly; nursing care;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis explores everyday living with persistent pain from the perspectives of functionally dependent older persons in pain and of staff. A combination of qualitative and quantitative methods was chosen. Data were collected using interviews and tools for assessing pain. LÄS MER