Sökning: "Medical decision-making"
Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 383 avhandlingar innehållade orden Medical decision-making.
11. Children's participation in decision-making in health care
Sammanfattning : The main purpose was to investigate children's participation in the decision-making processes in health care. Twenty-four children (0-18 år)admitted to hospital, their parents, and the staff present were observed during totally 135 hours in order to (i) identify the children's needs, (ii) their participation in the decision-making processes, and (iii) their parents' participation. LÄS MER
12. Risk, Risk Analysis and Decision-making with Reference to Biostatistics and the Field of Medicine
Sammanfattning : Risk, risk analysis and decision-making are essential aspects of health care andmedicine, for patients as well as for physicians and for society as a whole, andthe concept of risk and risk analysis in decision-making has a long history. Theword risk has many different interpretations and has no commonly accepteddefinition. LÄS MER
13. Decision Making and Communication : Aspects of Nursing Competence
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis is to understand the conditions and prerequisites of nurses’ decision making on nursing measures and their communication in multiparty talk, activities nurses manage in their work. By analysing both environmental elements in nursing practice and how experienced nurses manage decision-making processes, the intention has been to understand how nurses’ competence occurs and is expressed in nursing practice. LÄS MER
14. The Substituted Judgment Standard. Studies on the Ethics of Surrogate Decision Making
Sammanfattning : Patients who are incompetent need a surrogate decision maker to make treatment decisons on their behalf. One of the main ethical questions that arise in this context is what standard ought to govern such decision making. LÄS MER
15. Pain, Touch, and Decision Making : Behavioral and Brain Responses to Affective Somatosensory Stimulation
Sammanfattning : Stimulation of sensory nerves can give rise to powerful affective experiences. Noxious stimuli can give rise to pain, an unpleasant experience which, in turn, causes suffering and constitutes a major societal burden. Touch, on the other hand, can feel pleasant and plays an important role in social relationships and well-being. LÄS MER