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1. Life Situation, Information Needs, and Information Seeking in Patients with Oesophageal Cancer and their Family Members
Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the experiences of living with oesophageal cancer from the perspective of patients and family members. Also, their needs for information and how they seek information in relation to the illness were investigated. LÄS MER
2. Characterising Needs in Health Care Priority Setting
Sammanfattning : The focus of this thesis is needs in the context of health care priority setting. The notion of needs has a strong standing in health care policy; however, how the idea should be understood more specifically and how it should guide decisions about priority setting remain contentious issues. LÄS MER
3. Good caring : Patient realities and staff perceptions
Sammanfattning : Cancer patient and staff perceptions of the importance of caring behaviors were identifiedby the Caring Assessment Instrument (CARE-Q, forced and free response formats).Patients' emotional distress was investigated by the Hospital Anxiety and DepressionScale (HADS) and open ended questions. LÄS MER
4. Patient participation in clinical decsion making : A collaborative effort between patients and nurses
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the thesis was to study clinical decision making in nursing. This was performed by evaluation of the quality of nurses’ diagnostic statements and comparison of the concordance between nurses and patients’ perceptions of the patients’ nursing needs, as well as patient preferences for participation in clinical decision making. LÄS MER
5. Managing care pathways for patients with complex care needs
Sammanfattning : One of the central challenges for the healthcare system today is how to manage care for patients with complex needs. This patient group is not well-defined but covers patients with serious diseases and comorbidities, or with a limited ability to perform basic daily functions due to physical, mental or psychosocial challenges. LÄS MER