Sökning: "palliative nursing"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 64 avhandlingar innehållade orden palliative nursing.
1. Mealtimes in palliative care contexts : Perspectives of patients, partners, and registered nurses
Sammanfattning : The overall aim was to explore patients’, partners’, and registered nurses’ (RNs)experiences of mealtimes in palliative care contexts. Qualitative (studies I, II, IVand V) and quantitative (study IV) study designs were used to explore the experiences of mealtimes in palliative care from various perspectives. LÄS MER
2. Att leva med kroppsliga förändringar vid obotlig cancersjukdom med fokus på prostatacancer : ”jag är frisk – bortsett från att jag har cancer som är dödlig, men det är liksom en annan sak”
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis is to illuminate and describe bodily changes and problems in incurable cancer, with focus on prostate cancer, from the patient’s perspective. The thesis consists of four papers, each of which illuminates various aspects of the phenomenon studied. LÄS MER
3. Patients' quality of life - Living with incurable cancer in palliative homecare
Sammanfattning : My clinical experience is that living in incurable cancer at the end of life is complex to patients and their families. Patients seem to have a rather good quality of life (QoL) but problems related to the progression of the illness constantly challenges and changes QoL. LÄS MER
4. Deciphering Unwritten Rules : Patients, relatives and nurses in palliative cancer care
Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on palliative cancer care in acute care hospitals and home care settings. The overall aim was to generate a grounded theory explaining the latent patterns of behavior of patients, relatives and nurses. The thesis includes one population-based study with cross-sectional design and four classic grounded theory studies. LÄS MER
5. Hopp hos döende patienter med cancer i palliativ hemsjukvård
Sammanfattning : Hope is meaningful and very important for people – even for people at the last days of their lives. Health professionals can sometimes describe hope in terms of hope for a cure, which may lead to feelings of hopelessness or empty hope for a patient with an incurable disease. LÄS MER