Sökning: "knowledge of patients"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 2019 avhandlingar innehållade orden knowledge of patients.
1. Assessing Capacity to Decide on Medical Treatment: On Human Rights and the Use of Medical Knowledge in the Laws of England, Russia and Sweden
Sammanfattning : To provide a valid consent to – or refusal of – medical intervention, a patient must be legally capable to decide. This dissertation evaluates and compares when the assessment of mental abilities to refuse – or consent to – somatic medical intervention is required in England, Russia and Sweden, and what criteria must be applied to assess the ability to decide about somatic medical interventions in these legal orders. LÄS MER
2. Patient Patients? : Achieving Patient Empowerment through active participation, increased knowledge and organisation
Sammanfattning : This study examines patient empowerment in two local diabetes branch organisations in Sweden. In particular, the study focuses on the organisations’ membership, participation and influence on external actors. LÄS MER
3. Kampen om Kvinnan : Professionalisering och konstruktioner av kön i svensk gynekologi 1860-1925
Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates how gynaecology was established as a medical speciality in Sweden in the 1860s and onwards. Gender, power, professionalisation and the production of scientific knowledge are central themes. LÄS MER
4. On the clinical use of digitalis : with reference to its prescription, maintenance therapy, intoxication and the patient's knowledge
Sammanfattning : Digitalis in one of the most frequently prescribed drugs, especially to elderly people. The prescription of cardiac glucosides (1978) was studied by using statistics from Apoteksbolaget (the National Corporation of Swedish Pharmacies). LÄS MER
5. Family Members of Patients with Burns : Experiences of a Distressful Episode
Sammanfattning : A severe burn is a trauma associated with long lasting consequences, not only for the survivor but also for the family. Although it is recognized that family members are central in providing social support for the patients, previous research has not focused extensively on this group. LÄS MER