Sökning: "självbild och sjukdom"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden självbild och sjukdom.
1. Liv, arbete och förändring : De första åren med kronisk ledgångsreumatism
Sammanfattning : This dissertation discusses the personal implications of the early consequences of rheumatoid arthritis, how they effect the person's working life and how they are dealt with. In this qualitative study thematized interviews are used. Twenty-three persons, recently diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, were interviewed twice, two years apart. LÄS MER
2. Americanitis : Amerika som sjukdom eller läkemedel : Svenska berättelser om USA åren 1900-1939
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to study Swedish notions of the USA and of things American and through them the Swedish self-image and the ideas about the Swedish future as seen in public debate in the period c. 1900-1939, when the USA was the subject of a good deal of discussion as an up-and-coming nation of great importance but was not yet recognized as an indisputable super power. LÄS MER
3. Quality of life among disability pensioners with musculoskeletal disorders : Studies in a geographically defined population in Sweden
Sammanfattning : The starting-point of this thesis was the high rate of disability pensioners in Sweden and the lack of knowledge about what a disability pension entails for quality of life (QL). The aim of the study was to gain knowledge about QL among disability retirees with musculoskeletal disorders (ERPs). LÄS MER
4. Prenatal Diagnosis of Haemophilia - psychological, social and ethical aspects
Sammanfattning : The general aim of this study has been to study the psychological, social and ethical aspects for carriers of haemophilia and their spouses, related to the development of techniques for carrier testing and for prenatal diagnosis (PD) of haemophilia. This was investigated by a semi-structured follow-up interview with 29 carriers of haemophilia with experience of PD by fetal blood sampling (FBS), and with 29 carriers (and 23 spouses) with experience of PD by chorionic villus sampling (CVS). LÄS MER
5. Mellan frisk och sjuk : En studie av psykiatrisk öppenvård
Sammanfattning : In the past few decades a comprehensive restructuring of psychiatric care has taken place in Sweden. The activities of the traditional closed institutions have been curtailed through a drastic reduction in the number of beds available in such institutions. LÄS MER