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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 83 avhandlingar innehållade ordet next-of-kin.
11. Colorectal cancer : patients’ and next-of-kin’s experiences and the effects of a psycho-educational program
Sammanfattning : Purpose: To test whether a psycho-educational program affects mental wellbeing in persons treated for colorectal cancer and their next-of-kin.Design: A prospective, longitudinal, randomized controlled trial.Setting: Surgical clinic at a university hospital in Sweden. LÄS MER
12. Guilt and shame in end-of-life care : the next-of-kin's perspectives
Sammanfattning : Aim: The overall aim of the thesis was to explore and describe the concepts of guilt and shame and gain a greater understanding of the next-of-kin’s experiences of guilt and shame in end-of-life care.Methods: Study I was a qualitative secondary analysis of 47 interviews with next-of-kin searching for experiences of guilt and shame. LÄS MER
13. Management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary health care : a study of a nurse-led multidisciplinary programme of pulmonary rehabilitation
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to modify and evaluate effects, as well as todescribe experiences of a nurse-led multidisciplinary programme of pulmonaryrehabilitation in primary health care for patients with chronicobstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and their next of kin.Interviews were performed with 12 COPD nurses about their experiencesof patient education (I). LÄS MER
14. Kontinuitet som grund för vårdande och hälsa vid hjärtsvikt : patienters, närståendes och sjuksköterskors perspektiv
Sammanfattning : Aim: The overall aim was to examine continuity of care for persons with heart failure from the patients’, next of kin’s and nurses’ perspectives.Methods: This thesis has a caring science approach and consists of four qualitative studies conducted in a health care context. LÄS MER
15. Waiting For Heart Surgery
Sammanfattning : Patients waiting for cardiac surgery often consider the period from the decision for surgery to the time for the operation as long, heavy and dreary. Therefore, it is important that patients are supplied with structured oral and written information regarding their disease and its treatment, so that they are able to understand and discuss the forthcoming operation, the risk of complications and the possibility that surgery may be delayed. LÄS MER