Essays about: "disabled persons"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 essays containing the words disabled persons.
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1. Private and public quality of care- a comparison of pressure sore prevalence in Swedish care homes
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This paper compares the quality of private and public health care, by studying Swedish care homes for elderly and disabled persons. The outcome of interest is the prevalence of pressure ulcers. Pressure ulcers are partly preventable by for example care home staff routines, nutrition and movement plans. READ MORE
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2. Innovation revolution of smart mobility changeover to autonomous vehicles (AVs) : An Exploration to the role of autonomous public transportation in the form of smart mobility in Nordic municipalities: A comparative study between Denmark and Norway.
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)Abstract : The continuous dramatic increase in the urban population creates many problems related to speedy mobility or conventional accessiblity options.However, the rapid evolution of autonomous technology in the field of automotive and information technology(IT) has made it possible to implement autonomous vehicles (AVs) for public transport smart transportation, as a concept, is a contemporary buzzword that should lead to sustainable mobility. READ MORE
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3. “You are the only disabled student here; you must conform to us!” A Foucauldian discourse analysis of inclusive education and disability in Indonesia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : It has been almost 20 years since inclusive education was first implemented in Indonesia; however, based on the previous studies, the realities surrounding inclusive education strategies remain disappointing as disabled students continue to face discrimination and segregation in school. By taking into account how inclusive education discourse is constituted within national documents and affects the reality of disabled students in their school environment, the thesis attempts to reveal why inclusive education has not been supporting the well-being of disabled students. READ MORE
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4. LGBTQ+ People & Disasters - A Queer Human Rights-Based Critique of Vulnerability
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : Climate change and hazard events pose an existential threat to human rights. Hazard events were traditionally viewed as ‘natural disasters’ which were beyond our control and the people caught up in them were unfortunate victims to the unstoppable force of nature. READ MORE
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5. Refusing Medical Treatment due to Mental Capacity - A Study of the Concept of a Valid Consent and What the Healthcare Personnel's Obligations are When the Patient has not Given an Informed Consent
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : This essay has two purposes: to examine how much the patient has to understand to be able to consent to medical treatment and what the healthcare personnel's obligations are when the consent is not informed. Regarding the first purpose I concluded that there is no explicit requirement of a certain mental capacity to consent but that if one considered an uninformed consent to constitute a forced bodily intervention, which is prohibited in Chapter 2 Section 6 Instrument of the Government, then medical treatment can be refused. READ MORE
