Sökning: "mental capacity"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 135 avhandlingar innehållade orden mental capacity.
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. Psykiatrirätt : Intressen, rättigheter och principer
Sammanfattning : Mentally-ill individuals today are seen as having the same right to self-determination as others. Despite this, involuntary psychiatric care is accepted with reference to the patient's own best interests and to a certain extent, the need for societal protection. LÄS MER
3. Work capacity and mental health - the phenomena and their importance in return to work
Sammanfattning : ABSTRACT Mental health problems are common and a major cause of decreased work capacity and sickness absence. The aim of this thesis was to investigate (i) work capacity and mental health problems as predictors of return to work (RTW) and work participation (WP), and to explore (ii) the phenomenon capacity to work while depressed and anxious. LÄS MER
4. Physicians' practices in sickness certification for common mental disorders - assessment of work capacity and communication with the patient's workplace
Sammanfattning : Physicians are key stakeholders in the sickness certification process. The first aim of this thesis was to examine physicians’ sickness certification practices from two perspectives: the assessment of work capacity and contacts with patients’ employers. LÄS MER
5. Supporting healthy lifestyle habits in persons with mental disorders : The development of a nurse-led lifestyle intervention
Sammanfattning : Persons with mental disorders have an increased risk of developing health problems. One reason for this is poor lifestyle habit support. The aim of this thesis was to develop and evaluate a nurse-led lifestyle intervention for persons with mental disorders. LÄS MER