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  1. 1. A Sound Approach Toward a Mobility Aid for Blind and Low-Vision Individuals

    Författare :Johan Isaksson-Daun; Avdelningen för Biomedicinsk teknik; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Audomni; Blindness; Electronic travel aids; Desire of Use; DoU-MoB; DoUQ-MoB; Low vision; Mobility aids; Parrot-VR; Paitient-reported outcome measures; Sonification; Sensory substitution; Sensory supplementation; Virtual environments; Virtual reality; Visual impairment; Audomni; Blindhet; Electronic travel aids; Desire of Use; DoU-MoB; DoUQ-MoB; Kraftig synnedsättning; Förflyttningshjälpmedel; Orienteringshjälpmedel; Parrot-VR; Patient-reported outcome measures; Sonification; Sensory substitution; Sensory supplementation; Virtual environments; Virtual reality; Synnedsättning;

    Sammanfattning : Reduced independent mobility of blind and low-vision individuals (BLVIs) cause considerable societal cost, burden on relatives, and reduced quality of life for the individuals, including increased anxiety, depression symptoms, need of assistance, risk of falls, and mortality. Despite the numerous electronic travel aids proposed since at least the 1940’s, along with ever-advancing technology, the mobility issues persist. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Unpacking Rational Use of Antibiotics : Policy in Medical Practice and the Medical Debate

    Författare :Hedvig Gröndal; Tora Holmberg; Ericka Johnson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Antibiotics; Policy; Medical Sociology; Actor-Network Theory; Human-microbial relations; Antimicrobial Resistance; Everyday Infections; Material semiotics; Medical sociology; Medical objects; Medical technologies; Medical knowledge; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Sammanfattning : Rational use of antibiotics–using antibiotics only when needed and in the right way–is a prioritized goal in policy aimed at preventing antimicrobial resistance. A vast body of research is devoted to understanding why unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Considering a Baby? Responsible Screening for the Future : Ethical and social implications for implementation and use of preconception expanded carrier screening in Sweden

    Författare :Amal Matar; Anna T Höglund; Mats G. Hansson; Lars Sandman; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Preconception expanded carrier screening; reproductive autonomy; solidarity; popula-tion screening; genomics; ELSI;

    Sammanfattning : Preconception expanded carrier screening is a novel technology that involves the offer of a screening test for many recessive diseases (via an expanded screening panel) to prospective parents, with no priori risk. Test positive couples have a number of reproductive choices; prenatal diagnosis and aborting affected fetus, IVF and preimplantation genetic diagnosis, sperm or ovum donation or simply accept the risk. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Predefined Headings in a Multi-professional Electronic Health Record : Professionals’ Application, Aspects of Health and Health Care and Correspondence to Legal Requirements

    Författare :Annika Terner; Karin Sonnander; Helena Lindstedt; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Electronic health records; Headings; Patient Data Act; Health care professionals; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate predefined headings in a Swedish county council multi-professional EHR system in terms of their shared application, what aspects of health and health care they reflected, and their correspondence to legal requirements. An analysis of 3 596 predefined headings, applied to 20 398 104 occasions by eight professional groups, was conducted. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Forgoing life-sustaining treatment in intensive care units. Practice, attitudes and ethics

    Författare :Gunilla Melltorp; Anestesiologi och intensivvård; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; decision making; attitudes; guidelines; Intensive care units; interview; life-sustaining treatment; surveys; valur premises; medical training; withdraw; General practice; withhold; Allmän medicinsk utövning; medicinsk utbildning;

    Sammanfattning : Many deaths in intensive care units are preceded by decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment. Under what conditions are forgoing life-sustaining treatment considered appropiate, when is it optitional and when is it wrong? Relevant guidelines are essential to help medical decisionmakers, but they cannot be established only from medical knowledge. LÄS MER