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- Bergström, Annika, 1964, et al.
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Mediers värde i olika generationer
- 2010
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Ingår i: Holmberg, S & Weibull, L (red) Nordiskt ljus. - Göteborg : University of Gothenburg.
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Bergström, Annika, 1964, et al.
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Nya tidningsformer - konkurrenter eller komplement?
- 2010
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Ingår i: Holmberg, S & Weibull, L (red) Nordiskt ljus. - Göteborg : University of Gothenburg. ; , s. 381-392
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Browall, Maria, 1963, et al.
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Health care staff's opinions about existential issues among patients with cancer.
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Ingår i: Palliative & supportive care. - : Cambridge University Press. - 1478-9523 .- 1478-9515. ; 8:1, s. 59-68
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to explore health care staff's opinions about what existential issues are important to patients with cancer and staff's responsibility when existential issues are raised by patients. METHOD: Four focus group interviews were conducted with health care staff (N = 23) at an in-patient hospice, on an oncology ward, on a surgical ward, and with a palliative home health care team. The focus group interviews focused on two questions, first, about health care staff's opinions about patients' important existential questions and, second, about health care staff's responsibility when existential issues are raised by the patient. The interviews were tape-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed by qualitative content analysis into subcategories and categories. RESULTS: Four categories and 11 subcategories emerged from the first question. The first category, "life and death," was based on joy of living and thoughts of dying. The second category "meaning," consisted of acceptance, reevaluation, hope, and faith. The third category, "freedom of choice," consisted of responsibility and integrity, and the fourth and last category, "relationships and solitude," consisted of alleviation, dependency, and loss. One category emerged from the second question about the health care staff's responsibility, "to achieve an encounter," which was based on the subcategories time and space, attitudes, and invitation and confirmation. SIGNIFICANCE OF RESULTS: The strength of this study was that the findings were fairly congruent in different settings and in different geographical areas. Health care staff were aware of the importance of existential issues to patients. The existential issues, mentioned by health care staff, are similar to findings from studies conducted among patients, which is another strength of the present study. Health care staff are also confident about how to act when these issues are raised by the patients. The challenge for the future is to implement the findings from this study among health care staff in different settings.
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- Edwall, Lise-Lotte, et al.
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The meaning of a consultation with the diabetes nurse specialist.
- 2010
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. - : Wiley. - 1471-6712 .- 0283-9318. ; 24:2, s. 341-8
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this study was to elucidate the essential meaning of a consultation between diabetes nurse specialists and patients to gain a deeper understanding of the patients' experiences.
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- Espvall, Majen, 1956-, et al.
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Can we count on each other? : Reciprocity and conflicts in financial support in Sweden
- 2010
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Ingår i: International Journal of Social Welfare. - Oxford : Blackwell. - 1369-6866 .- 1468-2397. ; 19:1, s. 84-94
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article explores the experiences of reciprocity and conflicts in social relationships, and how these experiences are related to financial support (loans and gifts) in the wider social network. The balance of exchange within the social network as a whole is considered in relation to socio-demographic features, financial conditions and the availability of social relationships. The data are drawn from a study of financial support exchange in Sweden based on a representative survey among Swedish citizens (N=500). The results reveal that people living in economic hardship and who have more problematic life circumstances appear to be at risk of receiving more limited informal financial support by experiencing more feelings of conflicts and nonreciprocal social relations.
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- Hallin, Karin, et al.
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Preceptoring nursing students: registered nurses' perceptions of nursing students' preparation and study approaches in clinical education.
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Ingår i: Nurse education today. - : Elsevier BV. - 1532-2793 .- 0260-6917. ; 30:4, s. 296-302
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Preceptorship influences Registered Nurses' (RNs) daily work to different degrees depending on nursing students' knowledge, and willingness to learn. Consequently, it is of the utmost importance to investigate how RNs assess nursing students in clinical education. The aim of this study was to describe RNs' perceptions of nursing students' preparation and study approaches at hospital workplaces, and to explore relationships between RNs' perceptions and their personal/clinical characteristics. A cross-sectional design was used. In 2006, 142 of 196 RNs at a Swedish hospital answered a questionnaire (response rate 72.5%). The majority of RNs (63-84%) rated students' study approaches highly and thought students comprehended the outcomes of learning. Fewer (45-49%), rated students as having adequate theoretical knowledge highly and were of the opinion that they had acquired knowledge about the unit. Statistically, non specialist nurses rated significantly higher compared with specialist nurses. Significant positive correlations were found between the RNs' perceptions of nursing students and their interest in preceptoring. The extent to which preparation programmes, established in collaboration between a university and a hospital, had improved preceptors and nursing students was not graded. Further descriptive and intervention studies are therefore needed.
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- Hedman Ahlström, Britt, 1954-, et al.
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The meaning of major depression in family life : The viewpoint of the ill parent
- 2010
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Ingår i: Journal of Clinical Nursing. - Oxford : Wiley. - 0962-1067 .- 1365-2702. ; 19:1-2, s. 284-293
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aim and objective. The aim was to elucidate the meaning of major depression in family life from the viewpoint of an ill parent. Background. Major depression according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is common and may appear repeatedly over several years, and affects family life. Depression in parents has a negative impact on family function and children’s health; however, studies regarding the deeper understanding of major depression in family life are lacking. Design. A qualitative explorative study using narrative interviews with eight parents who were identified with major depression. Methods. A phenomenological-hermeneutic method of interpretation was used for analysing interview texts and included naïve understanding, a structural analysis where text was divided into meaning units, which were condensed and abstracted, and finally a comprehensive understanding. Result. Two themes were extracted: ‘to be afflicted in an almost unmanageable situation’ with sub-themes ‘feeling hopelessly bad’, ‘being worthless’, ‘being unsatisfied’ and the theme ‘to reconcile oneself to the situation’ with sub-themes ‘being active’, ‘being satisfied’ and ‘maintaining parenthood’. Conclusion. Comprehensive understanding revealed the parents’ simultaneous suffering and dignity in family life; suffering with serious lack of well-being and health, destroyed self-confidence and unhappiness, and dignity with strength, confidence and joy in children. The movement between suffering and dignity complicated family life. Dignity was threatened by the awareness that suffering in major depression was recurrent. Dignity had to be repeatedly restored for self and the family, and family dignity has to be restored before others outside the family circle. Relevance to clinical practice. A deeper understanding of the meaning of major depression in family life is helpful and for healthcare professionals to prevent individual and family suffering by assisting and preserving dignity.
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- Henoch, Ingela, et al.
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The Assessment of Quality of life at the End of Life (AQEL) questionnaire: a brief but comprehensive instrument for use in patients with cancer in palliative care.
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Ingår i: Quality of life research. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1573-2649 .- 0962-9343. ; 19:5, s. 739-750
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- PURPOSE: The aim of the study was to further validate the Assessment of Quality of life at the End of Life (AQEL) questionnaire, to explore whether conceptually consistent scales could be confirmed and how the instrument relates to other widely used and validated HRQL instruments. METHODS: A total of 106 patients with lung cancer in palliative care completed the 20-item AQEL, the EORTC QLQ-C30, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Sense of Coherence (SOC-13) and Social Support Survey (SSS). Construct validity of the AQEL was tested by multitrait scaling, principal components analysis, inter-scale correlations and known-groups comparisons. RESULTS: Five scales were supported by multitrait scaling: Basic function, Activity, Emotional function, Cognitive function and Existential needs, with satisfactory (>.7) internal consistency for the latter three and intermediate (>.5) for the remaining two. A Social support scale was supported by principal components analysis, but exhibited a low internal consistency. Items on health care issues and physical symptoms worked best as individual items. Expected correlations with other instruments were found for all scales. Activity was sensitive to different levels of functioning as defined by performance status. CONCLUSIONS: This study provided some evidence for the validity of the AQEL and its feasibility in patients with cancer in palliative care.
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