Sökning: "illness trajectory"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 33 avhandlingar innehållade orden illness trajectory.
1. Temporary employment and illness
Sammanfattning : Background: It is debated whether temporary employment compared to permanent employment entails an elevated risk of illness or not, as the empirical studies have not shown a unified picture. Since a significant part of the Swedish workforce is currently working under temporary employment contracts, it is important for public health research to pay close attention to what the implications in terms of illness might be. LÄS MER
2. When Breast Cancer Returns. Women's experiences of Health, Illness and Adjustment During the Breast Cancer Trajectory
Sammanfattning : Although a recurrence of breast cancer is associated with significant distress, affecting health-related quality of life (HRQOL), little is known about women?s experience during the recurrent breast cancer trajectory. The primary aim of this thesis was to explore women?s experiences of health, illness and adjustment to a recurrence of breast cancer. LÄS MER
3. Att leva med mycket svår kronisk obstruktiv lungsjukdom : ett liv i slowmotion
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to describe how people with very severe obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experienced their every day lives and created meaning, with focus on end-of-life. A second aim was to describe how death and dying can be viewed from the perspective of relatives to people with COPD. LÄS MER
4. Att leva med kroppsliga förändringar vid obotlig cancersjukdom med fokus på prostatacancer : ”jag är frisk – bortsett från att jag har cancer som är dödlig, men det är liksom en annan sak”
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis is to illuminate and describe bodily changes and problems in incurable cancer, with focus on prostate cancer, from the patient’s perspective. The thesis consists of four papers, each of which illuminates various aspects of the phenomenon studied. LÄS MER
5. Tillbaka till livet : att skapa säkerhet i hjärtintensivvården
Sammanfattning : This study analyses how medical personnel in cardiac intensive care create safety despite the uncertainties and dangers involved in this type of care. Using an ethnographic approach, involving participant observation and interviews, the author studies the means by which the staff, as a part of their everyday work, achieve safety - in their relationships to patients, medical technology and each other. LÄS MER
