Sökning: "culture palliative care"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden culture palliative care.
1. Autonomi, beroende, livskvalitet : Livets sista månad för 56 cancerpatienter
Sammanfattning : The main purpose of the present study was to obtain an in-depth understanding of what the final phase of life was like for a group of gravely ill and dying cancer patients, with focus on autonomy, dependency and quality of life. The specific aims were to: 1) describe the patients' autonomy and how the attitudes of relatives and staff promoted/hindered patient participation in decision-making, 2) describe how the patients assessed their quality of life in two care cultures, 3) describe how members of the care team prognosticated the patients' remaining survival time, and 4) investigate continuity of care site in two different care cultures during the patients' final month of life. LÄS MER
2. Implementation of knowledge-based palliative care in acute care settings : obstacles, opportunities and experiences
Sammanfattning : Background and aim: Quality improvement is continuously ongoing at different levels in our healthcare system. In Sweden, as in other countries, guidelines are important for quality improvement in healthcare, since they summarize the best available evidence. LÄS MER
3. End of Life Stroke Care : perspectives of health-care professionals and family members
Sammanfattning : IntroductionEven though medical improvements have reduced the mortality rates for patients afflicted by stroke, mortality during the first few days at hospital is significant. Today, there is an increasing recognition that the principles of palliative and supportive care are important components of meeting the needs of patients severely afflicted by stroke even in acute settings. LÄS MER
4. Ett liv i berg och dalbana : innebörder av att leva med svår kronisk hjärtsvikt i palliativ avancerad hemsjukvård utifrån patienters, närståendes och sjuksköterskors berättelser
Sammanfattning : The overall purpose of this thesis is to illuminate meanings of living with severe chronic heart failure (CHF) in palliative advanced home care (PAHC) as disclosed through patients’, close relatives’ and nurses’ narratives. This thesis comprises four papers that illuminate the phenomenon from various perspectives and with different focus. LÄS MER
5. Munhälsa – Äldre personers upplevelser och vårdpersonals attityder och kunskaper
Sammanfattning : Bakgrund: Det är känt att äldre personer har bättre munhälsa i dag och fler kvarvarande tänder än tidigare generationer. Det är en komplex uppgift att utföra munvård för att förebygga nedsatt munhälsa på någon annan. Nedsatt munhälsa kan påverka allmänhälsan på olika sätt, till exempel genom smärta och nedsatt aptit. LÄS MER
