Sökning: "elderly ethics"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 avhandlingar innehållade orden elderly ethics.

  1. 1. Do-not-resuscitate orders Ethical aspects on decision making and communication among physicians, nurses, patients and relatives

    Författare :Rurik Löfmark; Medicinsk etik; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Allmän medicinsk utövning; medical training; General practice; futility; DNR orders; decision making; communication; physicians; nurses; patients; ethics; relatives; medicinsk utbildning;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose was to describe ethical aspects on how do-not-resuscitate (DNR) deci-sions are made, established, and communicated between physicians, nurses, patients and relatives. A random sample of 220 physicians and nurses answered a questionnaire about their attitudes to and experiences of the making and communication of a DNR decision. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Ethical values in caring encounters from elderly patients’ and next of kin´s perspective

    Författare :Lise-Lotte Jonasson; Carina Berterö; Per-Erik Liss; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Ethics; ethical values; geriatric wards; grounded theory; next of kin; nursing care; nursing ethics; qualitative methods; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Sammanfattning : The welfare of the elderly population is one of the most important goals of the public health services. At macro level the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare state that the premier goal is for elderly people to have dignified and comfortable lives. They should have a life with a sense of value and feel confident. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Ansvar, kärlek och försörjning. Om anställda anhörigvårdare i Sverige : Responsibility, Love and Maintenance On Employed Relative Carers in Sweden

    Författare :Ann-Britt Mossberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Paidinformal care; gender; elderly care; handicap; body; social policy; ethics; welfare state; maintenace.;

    Sammanfattning : In Sweden the municipalities have the responsibility to provide the elderly, ill and disabled with the assistance they need to make home living possible. Still, most caring takes place in the family and is performed by relatives. Sometimes a relative carer can be employed and paid by the municipality to perform the help. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Vårdande gärningar och vanor för en caritativ hållning i den vårdande akten

    Författare :Marie Ljungquist; Lillemor Lindwall; Ingegerd Bergbom; Katie Eriksson; Högskolan Väst; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; bad habits; caring; caritative care theory; deeds; ethics; experience; good habits; hermeneutics; and home health care; nursing; qualitative content analysis; caritativ vårdteori; etik; gärningar; hemsjukvård; hermeneutik; kvalitativ innehållsanalys; ovanor; goda vanor; vana; vårdande.; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing science;

    Sammanfattning : The research interests address a need for knowledge regarding the importance of 'acts of caring' for a caritative approach when performing tasks in the care of the elderly. The overall aim of the research was to deepen the understanding of ethics and describe the actions and habits that are important in the 'acts of caring' for both patients and caregivers in relation to the caritative nursing and ethics of care relevant to the caritative care theory. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in geriatric patients with dysphagia

    Författare :Gunnel Wärn Hede; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :elderly;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Orofaryngeal dysphagia (OD) is common in geriatric patients and a risk factor for malnutrition and prolonged in-hospital stay. Nutritional assessment is essential in these patients and documentation should be performed. LÄS MER