Sökning: "existential suffering and existential care"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 31 avhandlingar innehållade orden existential suffering and existential care.

1. 1. Existential meaning-making in the midst of meaninglessness and suffering : Studying the function of religion and religious organizations in the reconstruction and development of existential meaning and psychosocial well-being after the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami

   Författare :Yukako Nahlbom; Valerie DeMarinis; Önver A. Cetrez; Fumie Inatani; Lars Danbolt; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; natural disaster; the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami; trau-ma; mental health; well-being; existential meaning; meaning-making; religion; the Japanese religiosity; the ADAPT model; psychosocial re-sources; kokoro no kea; rituals; interfaith chaplain; volunteer workers; Psychology of Religion; Religionspsykologi;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this qualitative study was to explore the function of religion and volunteer workers in religious organizations in contributing to the reconstruction and development of existential meaning and psychosocial well-being regarding the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. This study was undertaken from the psychology of religion and approached by focusing on experiences of volunteer workers in different religious organizations who worked in the disaster-affected areas. LÄS MER

3. 2. Kampen mot det okontrollerbara vid existensens gräns : Patienten med andnöd i behov av ambulanssjukvård

   Författare :Wivica Kauppi; Christer Axelsson; Carina Elmqvist; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Breathlessness; dyspnoea; lived experiences; ambulance care; prehospital care; phenomenology; qualitative research; epidemiology; adverse events; quantitative research;

   Sammanfattning : Aim: The overall aim of the thesis is to deepen the caring science knowledge of breathlessness by intertwining the patient’s and the medical (epidemiological) perspective, with a focus on developing ambulance care for patients suffering from breathlessness.Methods: Study I describes the lived experiences of breathlessness as reported by patients prior to ambulance care. LÄS MER

4. 3. Spiritual /existential issues in palliative care. With special reference to patients with brain tumours and their spouses

   Författare :Susann Strang; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Palliative care; existential; spiritual; brain tumour; spouse;

   Sammanfattning : Spiritual/existential questions are activated when death becomes a real threat, regardless of whether one has an atheistic or a religious background. Since health care staff are often in charge of severely ill and dying people, they should be able to offer situation-bound support in existential crises, and also to know when to call for expert assistance such as the hospital chaplain. LÄS MER

5. 4. Att vårdas vaken med respirator : patienters och närståendes upplevelser från en intensivvårdsavdelning

   Författare :Veronika Karlsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; intensive care; mechanical ventilation; conscious; patient communication; relatives; experiences; standing by; hermeneutics; phenomenological-hermeneutics; content analysis; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing science; intensive care; mechanical ventilation; conscious; patient; communication; relatives; experiences; standing by; hermeneutics; phenomenological-hermeneutics; content analysis;

   Sammanfattning : In recent years, light or no sedation has become a common approach in patients who require mechanical ventilation (MV) when cared for in an intensive care unit (ICU). This new approach has resulted in medical advantages as well as a shorter time on MV and in the ICU. LÄS MER

7. 5. Dyspnea Experience and Quality of Life among persons with lung cancer in palliative care

   Författare :Ingela Henoch; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Cancer Dyspnea Scale; CDS; Consequences; Content analysis; Coping; Depression; Dyspnea; Existential; Experience; Lung cancer; Management strategies; Palliative care; Quality of life; Reliability; Social support; Symptoms; Symptom experience; Validity;

   Sammanfattning : Background: Dyspnea, a subjective, multidimensional experience of breathing discomfort commonly occurring in patients with incurable lung cancer, influences all aspects of life in the suffering per¬sons. To optimally enhance quality of life (QoL) and to identify persons most vulnerable to this symptom, it is important to investigate how to assess dyspnea, how other symptoms and coping are related to dyspnea, and what the consequences of dyspnea are, especially on QoL. LÄS MER