Sökning: "thoughts about own death"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden thoughts about own death.
1. Maintaining quality of life after prostate cancer diagnosis
Sammanfattning : Knowledge of real-life factors that are associated with men’s self-assessed quality of life after prostate-cancer diagnosis could improve the support from health-care professionals in maintaining the men’s quality of life. Sudden, unwelcome and repetitive thoughts about a traumatic event – intrusive thoughts – constitute one factor of post-traumatic stress disorder. LÄS MER
2. Me-ness and we-ness in a modified everyday life close to death at home
Sammanfattning : The overarching aim of this thesis was to describe how family members experienced everyday life with life-threatening illness close to death, with focus on self-image and identity. The thesis comprises four papers, each with a specific aim to illuminate various aspects of the phenomenon under study. LÄS MER
3. Äldre människors föreställningar om den egna framtiden, döendet och döden
Sammanfattning : Syftet med avhandlingen är att utforska äldre människors föreställningar om och förhållningssätt till den egna framtiden, döendet och döden. Det är ämnen som hittills har fått begränsad uppmärksamhet. En bakomliggande orsak till detta är att äldreforskning och dödsforskning sällan har förenats. LÄS MER
4. Communication about the Heart Failure Trajectory in Patients, their Families and Health Care Professionals
Sammanfattning : Introduction: There is an increasing awareness in the field of cardiology regarding the need for improved delivery of palliative care in patients with heart failure (HF). Professional guidelines have drawn attention to the importance of discussing the heart failure trajectory with patients and their families. LÄS MER
5. To mourn and resist stigma : Narration, meaning-making and self-formation after a parent’s suicide
Sammanfattning : Grief following a parent’s suicide has been called ‘the silent grief’: due to a prevailing stigma connected to suicide as a mode of death, the parent cannot be talked about. This silenced or distorted communication complicates grieving youths’ meaning reconstruction centred on the question of why the parent committed suicide – a question inevitably linked to queries of who the deceased parent was, and that ultimately triggers thoughts about who oneself has become in the light of this experience. LÄS MER