Sökning: "perception of disease"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 131 avhandlingar innehållade orden perception of disease.

  1. 1. Läkare och läkande : läkekonstens professionalisering i Sverige under medeltid och renässans

    Författare :Johanna Bergqvist; Historisk arkeologi; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Leech; barber-surgeon; leechcraft; art of healing; perception of disease; professionalization; Middle Ages; Renaissance; history of medicine; archaeology of medicine; medical cultures; occupational ethos; communication of knowledge; craft knowledge; tacit knowledge; läkare; bardskär; laga läkare; läkekonst; sjukdomsförståelse; professionalisering; medeltid; renässans; medicinhistoria; medicinsk arkeologi; medicinska kulturer; yrkesethos; kunskapskommunikation; förtrogenhetskunskap; tyst kunskap; Sverige; Skandinavien; Norden;

    Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis examines the arts of healing in the area of present-day Sweden dur¬ing the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (ca. 1100–1600 AD). It focuses on secular arts of healing for the body, rather than magical and religious healing or the cure of the soul. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Long-term effects of stroke

    Författare :Matti Viitanen; Bengt Winblad; Per Olov Wester; Axel R. Fugl-Meyer; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; stroke; cerebrovascular disease; prognosis; recurrent stroke; myocardial infarction; epilepsy; life satisfaction; motor function; self-care ability; perception; causes of death;

    Sammanfattning : Stroke, which has an increasing incidence with age, causes an irreversible brain damage which may lead to impairment, disability and decreased life satisfaction or death.Risk factors for death, recurrent stroke and myocardial infarction, were analyzed in 409 stroke patients treated at the Stroke Unit, Department of Medicine, Umeå University Hospital, between Jan. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Living with Lewy body dementia. Treatment, survival & quality of life

    Författare :Victoria Larsson; Klinisk minnesforskning; []
    Nyckelord :Lewy bodies; Lewy body dementia; Lewy body disease; QUALITATIVE; Lewy Body Disease: drug therapy; Lewy Body Disease: mortality; Lewy Body Disease: therapy; DEMENTIA; dementia with Lewy bodies; Parkinson s disease dementia; Parkinson disease; memantine; Prognosis and survival; Prognosis; Survival; mortality; Dysphagia; Carbonated beverages; Swallowing disorders; Therapeutics; Video recording; video analysing technique; QUALITY OF LIFE;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Patients with Lewy body dementias (LBD) have a complex clinical picture. With no prevention or cure, management focuses around symptomatic relief, however pharmacological and non-pharmacological options have been inadequately investigated. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Konstitueringen av ett vetenskapligt begrepp : Exemplet - det manliga klimakteriet

    Författare :Adam Droppe; Nora Räthzel; Björn Söderfeldt; Thomas Brante; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; andropause; sociology of science; male gender; testosterone; profession of medicine; big pharma; research policy; feminism; development of science; Late Onset Hypogonadism; the aging male; andrology; andropaus; vetenskapssociologi; testosteron; medicinsk profession; läkemedelsindustri; feminism; forskningspolitik; andrologi; manligt genus;

    Sammanfattning : How are new scientific concepts of illnesses and disorder formed? The last fifty years have seen a dramatic increase in new diagnoses incorporated into medical manuals. The concept of the male menopause, or the andropause diagnosis, is suitable for studying how medical knowledge is produced, since it has alternated between being and not being part of the acknowledged medical knowledge since the beginning of the 19th century, when it was originally launched. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Cardiovascular disease and hypertension : Population-based studies on self-rated health and health-related quality of life in Sweden

    Författare :Carola Bardage; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Pharmacy; Cardiovascular disease; hypertension; antihypertensive treatment; side effects; self-rated health; health-related quality of life; health-state utilities; SF-36 Health Survey; rating scale; time trade-off; general population; twins; FARMACI; PHARMACY; FARMACI; Social Pharmacy; samhällsfarmaci;

    Sammanfattning : The aim with this thesis was to study cardiovascular disease and hypertension, use of drugs and health from an epidemiological perspective. Various methods - self-rated health (SRH), health related quality of life (HRQL) - the 36-item short form questionnaire (SF-36) - and health utility measurements - the rating scale (RS) and the time-trade off (TTO) methods - were employed. LÄS MER