Sökning: "impending death"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 19 avhandlingar innehållade orden impending death.

  1. 6. Cognitive functioning during the transition from normal aging to dementia

    Författare :Erika Jonsson Laukka; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :preclinical dementia; Alzheimer s disease; vascular dementia; impending death; terminal decline; aging; cognition; population-based study;

    Sammanfattning : The general aim of this thesis was to address unresolved issues regarding cognitive functioning in preclinical dementia. Increasing the knowledge about the preclinical period of dementia might have important clinical implications. For example, it may facilitate early detection, and thereby increase the efficiency of available interventions. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Diabetes and cognitive functioning : the role of age and comorbidity

    Författare :Erik Nilsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Type 2 diabetes; cognition; cognitive support; glycated hemoglobin; Alzheimer s disease; adult; elderly; population-based study; out-patient; impending death; preclinical dementia; MMSE.;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the influence of type 2 diabetes on cognitive function in adulthood and very old age. The effects of diabetes are studied both in populations free from dementia, and in a clinical Alzheimer's disease population. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Existential challenges and coping in palliative cancer care : experiences of patients and family members

    Författare :Lisa Sand; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to gain knowledge about the existential crisis in patients and family members caused by an incurable cancer and how the crisis is managed. Two methodological approaches were used. LÄS MER

  5. 9. The loss of a husband to cancer : additional and avoidable psychological traumata

    Författare :Unnur Anna Valdimarsdóttir; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Widowhood; neoplasms; risk factors; communication; prognosis; adaptation; psychological; anxiety; depression; epidemiology.;

    Sammanfattning : Background: The loss of a loved partner is a stressful event and the long-term outcome of such a trauma may partly be determined by characteristics of the death. When death is the result of a chronic illness such as cancer, the future widow may have an opportunity to prepare for the forthcoming death but may also be exposed to the additional burden of her husband's suffering. LÄS MER

  7. 10. End-of-life care and euthanasia : attitudes of medical students and dying cancer patients

    Författare :Marit Karlsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Introduction: In end-of-life care, supporting the factors required for a good death is a goal. Core concepts in a good death are dignity, autonomy, and the relief of suffering. Paradoxically, these concepts are used both in palliative care and to promote euthanasia, which are traditionally seen as conflicting alternatives. LÄS MER