Sökning: "Ethical risk analyses"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 avhandlingar innehållade orden Ethical risk analyses.

  1. 1. Ethical Issues in the Adoption and Implementation of Vision Zero Policies in Road Safety

    Författare :Henok Girma Abebe; Karin Edvardsson Björnberg; Sven Ove Hansson; Matts-Åke Belin; Elin Palm; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethics; Equity; Road Safety; Vision Zero; Responsibility; Systems Thinking; Risk; Drivin; Philosophy; Filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this doctoral thesis is to analyze ethical issues in the adoption and implementation of Vision Zero policies. The first article analyses criticisms against Vision Zero goals and measures promoted to reach them. We identify and assess “moral”, “operational”, and “rationality-based” arguments against Vision Zero. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Modelling and Simulation of the Fifth-Generation District Heating and Cooling

    Författare :Marwan Abugabbara; Avdelningen för Installations- och klimatiseringslära; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Waste heat recovery; Heat pumps; 5GDHC; Modelica; Ethical risk analyses;

    Sammanfattning : District heating and cooling are efficient systems for distributing heat and cold in urban areas. They are a key solution for planning future urban energy-efficient systems due to their high potential for integrating renewable energy sources. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Gene technology at stake : Swedish governmental commissions on the border of science and politics

    Författare :Jenny Eklöf; Kjell Jonsson; Christer Nordlund; Susanne Lundin; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gene technology; biotechnology; recombinant DNA technology; bioethics; ethics; risk; GMO; embryo; transgenic organisms; boundary organization; boundary object; governmental commission; regulatory policy; Sweden; public; expertise; democracy; History of science and ideas; Idé- o lärdomshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the Swedish political response to the challenges posed by gene technology, seen through the prism of governmental commissions. It discerns and analyses continuities and changes in the Swedish political conception of gene technology, over the course of two decades, 1980–2000. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Physical restraint use and falls in institutional care of old people : effects of a restraint minimization program

    Författare :Tony Pellfolk; Karlsson Stig; Knut Engedal; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Physical restraints; falls; dementia; care of the elderly; risk factors; work environment; restraint minimization education program; staff knowledge and attitude; and quality of care.; Geriatrics and medical gerontology; Geriatrik och medicinsk gerontologi; Geriatrics; geriatrik;

    Sammanfattning : Physical restraint use and falls are common in institutional care of old people and various attempts have been made to reduce their occurrence. Falls and concomitant injuries are a major problem due to their negative effect on morbidity and mortality. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Quality of life of patients with generalised malignant melanoma on chemotherapy

    Författare :Valgerður Sigurðardóttir; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :advanced malignant melanoma; care providers; chemotherapy; ethics; EORTCQLQ-C36; HAD scale; melanoma module; prognostic; proxy rater; psychometric analyses; quality of life.;

    Sammanfattning : Background: A quality-of-life study (QOL) was conducted in parallel to a clinical trial to examine the impact of chemotherapy on the physical, psychological, social and overall functioning and well-being of the patients with advanced malignant melanoma on chemo-therapy. A tumour-specific questionnaire technique (EORTC QLQ) to evaluate patients' QOL, was studied and extensively validated. LÄS MER