Sökning: "end of life cancer"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 87 avhandlingar innehållade orden end of life cancer.

1. 1. The incurable cancer patient at the end of life : Medical care utilization, quality of life and the additive analgesic effect of paracetamol in concurrent morphine therapy

   Författare :Bertil Axelsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Surgery; Palliative; cancer; place of death; health care utilization; quality of life; morphine; paracetamol; pain; Kirurgi; Surgery; Kirurgi; Surgery; kirurgi;

   Sammanfattning : Only 12% of the patients died at home. When the period between diagnosis and death was less than one month, every patient died in an institution. Younger patients, marriedpatients, and those living within the 40 km radius of the hospital utilized more hospital days. LÄS MER

3. 2. Towards Good Palliation for Children with Cancer : Recognizing the Family and the Value of Communication

   Författare :Li Jalmsell; Britt-Marie Frost; Mats Hansson; Jan-Inge Henter; Ulrika Kreicbergs; Steven Joffe; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; palliative care; child; cancer; family; communication; end-of-life care; bereavement; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

   Sammanfattning : Pediatric cancer imposes a threat on the child’s life and approximately every fifth child diagnosed with cancer will die due to his or her disease. The overall aim of this thesis was to explore palliative care of children with cancer and bereaved family members. LÄS MER

4. 3. Breakpoint communication about transition to end-of-life care : context, content and consequences

   Författare :Gunilla Lundquist; Bertil Axelsson; Peter Strang; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; communication; end-of-life care; cancer; transition; medical record study; register study; onkologi; Oncology;

   Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

5. 4. Balancing - Cancer from a primary care perspective. Diagnosis, posttraumatic stress, and end-of-life care

   Författare :Hans Thulesius; Allmänmedicin och samhällsmedicin; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; medicinsk utbildning; Cytology; grounded theory; brain tumor; leukemia; child; ovarian cancer; breast cancer; prognosis; end-of-life care; screening; posttraumatic stress; diagnosis; primary care; Cancer; family practice; oncology; cancerology; Cytologi; onkologi; cancer; General practice; medical training; Allmän medicinsk utövning;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis explores cancer from a primary care perspective covering three areas: diagnosis, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and end-of-life care. We analyzed patient records of every child diagnosed with a malignancy in a defined area. During 12 years 68 children were diagnosed (incidence 14/100,000). LÄS MER

7. 5. Se – än lever jag! : Livsåskådning och lärande i livets slutskede

   Författare :Caroline Krook; Göran Linde; Valerie de Marinis; Ersta Sköndal högskola; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Learning; view of life; existential questions; coping with illness; existential situation; hermeneutic method; cancer patients; palliative care; support; view of life counselling; life narratives; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of the study has been, by adopting a view of life and a learning perspective, to reach an understanding of the way in which cancer patients in a palliative care context understand and cope with their existential life situation. I asked the following questions: 1) How does their personal view of life influence the patients’ understanding and coping with the illness and existential life situation? 2) What existential questions are central to the patients? 3) What is personal learning all about? 4) What prerequisites are important for fostering the patients’ personal learning? Interviews focusing on narratives were conducted with ten patients who have an incurable cancer disease. LÄS MER