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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 604 avhandlingar innehållade orden Karolinska Institutet 2006.
1. Life Situation, Information Needs, and Information Seeking in Patients with Oesophageal Cancer and their Family Members
Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the experiences of living with oesophageal cancer from the perspective of patients and family members. Also, their needs for information and how they seek information in relation to the illness were investigated. LÄS MER
2. Borderline personality disorder : studies of suffering, quality of life and dialectical behavioural therapy
Sammanfattning : The aims of the present thesis were: * To investigate how women patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) perceive their suffering, quality of life and encounter with psychiatric care (paper 11 and III). * To describe BPD patients' and psychiatric professionals' perceptions of receiving and giving dialectical behavioural therapy, DBT (paper I). LÄS MER
3. Effects of high glucose on platelet activation
Sammanfattning : Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality and morbidity, due to diabetic angiopathy. Hyperglycaemia is one of the factors that may cause platelet dysfunction in diabetic patients. This work investigated the mechanisms underlying hyperglycaemia-induced platelet hyperreactivity and its impact in diabetic patients. LÄS MER
4. Physical activity and myocardial infarction : Epidemiological studies on the association between various types of physical activity and the risk of myocardial infarction, including certain aspects of methodology
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5. Municipal elderly care : implications of registered nurses' work situation, education, and competence
Sammanfattning : Registered nurses (RNs) are key figures in municipal elderly care. It is a challenge to create necessary conditions that enable them to provide quality nursing care. LÄS MER