Sökning: "self-treatment"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 avhandlingar innehållade ordet self-treatment.

  1. 1. Boteberättelser : En etnologisk studie av boteprocesser och det omprövande patientskapet

    Författare :AnnCristin Winroth; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethnology; Health; healing; illness; narratives; trust; healing process; ethno-medicine; medical pluralism; construction of patienthood; social movements; medical cultures; self-treatment; life-history; life-trajectories; social and individual drama; medical journals; patients documentation; alternative and complementary medicines; doctor-patient communication.; Etnologi; Ethnology; Etnologi; Ethnology; etnologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis analyse how life-histories are expressed and reformulated in connection to a life crisis of ill health. The study is based on ten interviews with people who in connection with ill health have made use of treatments within both orthodox medicine and complementary medicine and who have also developed various forms of self-treatment. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Child health problems and use of health services in a rural district in Vietnam

    Författare :Thi Hoan Le; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :health service utilization;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Like many other low and middle income countries, Vietnam has experienced a period of social, economic and epidemiological transition. The health care system has undergone considerable changes, and it is important to follow up their effects, especially among children under 5 years of age. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Managing childhood malaria in rural Tanzania : focusing on drug use and resistance

    Författare :Jaran Eriksen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Malaria; Policy change; Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine; Chloroquine; Tanzania; Health workers; Drug resistance;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Malaria is a leading cause of death in underfive children in Africa. Due to the spread of chloroquine (CQ) resistance, sub-Saharan African countries such as Tanzania have changed their malaria treatment policies. In 2001 Tanzania replaced CQ with sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (SP) as first line malaria treatment. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Dizziness and fear of falling: A behavioural and physiological approach to Phobic Postural Vertigo

    Författare :Johan Holmberg; Lund näs- och halssjukdomar Öron-; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; klinisk psykologi; psykosomatik; Psychiatry; audiologi; Otorinolaryngologi; audiology; Otorhinolaryngology; clinical; patients; exposure; behaviour; cognitive; psychological; psychotherapy; proprioceptive; postural control; Anxiety; Psykiatri; clinical psychology; hörsel- och talorganen; auditive system and speech; psychosomatics;

    Sammanfattning : Dizziness is a common problem and it often co-exists with anxiety. Level of anxiety is the best predictor of handicap for dizzy patients. There is diagnostic controversy and few treatment programs for such patients. LÄS MER

  7. 5. High antibiotic use and resistance among children under five : acute respiratory infections : knowledge and behaviour of caregivers and healthcare providers in Vietnam

    Författare :Hoa Nguyen Quynh; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Acute respiratory infections; antibiotic use; antibiotic resistance; children; caregiver; healthcare provider; Vietnam;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Increased bacterial resistance is threatening the therapeutic effectiveness of antibiotics. High level of antibiotic use is probably the main factor driving the emergence of resistance. LÄS MER