Essays about: "person centred care"

Showing result 11 - 14 of 14 essays containing the words person centred care.

  1. 11. Nursing interventions used in promoting spiritual health for patients with life threatening illnessess in hospital settings : a literature review

    University essay from Sophiahemmet Högskola

    Author : Natalia Siska; [2016]
    Keywords : Nursing; Intervention; Spiritual health; Life threatening illnesses; Hospital;

    Abstract : Spiritual health is one of the essential components of health, where patients search for meaning and purpose in life. Patients with life threatening illnesses experience distress, both physically and spiritually. READ MORE

  3. 12. "I quickly learnt not to call it an iPad..." - Using touch screen technology whilst working with people with dementia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Caroline Håkansson; [2014]
    Keywords : individualised care; tablet; touch screen technology; dementia; normalisation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to highlight professionals’ views and aims of using touch screen technology, such as tablets, whilst working with people with dementia. The usage of touch screen technology whilst supporting people with dementia was found to be getting more and more common in today’s society. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Patient, The Doctor and Their Technologies – Change and Continuity Within Patient-Centred Care

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/ Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Doris Lydahl; [2011-10-18]
    Keywords : Healthcare system; Patient-centred care; The University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-Centred Care; Michael Balint; Governmentality;

    Abstract : This article aims at analysing the history of the logic of patient-centred care (PCC) by addressing change and continuity within the development of this rationality of healthcare government. Making use of the theoretical framework of governmentality, the problematization of healthcare as insufficiently patient-centred is examined in relation to both the thoughts and actions of Michael Balint in the 1950s and 1960s and the ideas and initial research projects connected with the establishment of the University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-Centred Care in 2010. READ MORE

  5. 14. Analysis of a Medical Translation : Terminology and cultural aspects

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Nina Rask; [2008]
    Keywords : cultural adaptation; dementia; medical translation; terminology;

    Abstract : This analysis deals with the difficulties in translating a medical text from English into Swedish. As primary source, I have used a British textbook about geriatrics called Nursing Older People which is aimed at university students of nursing. READ MORE