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Work technique in lifting and patient transfer tasks
(2003)
The overall aim of this thesis was to explore and develop methods for describing, analysing and assessing work technique in lifting and patient transfer tasks, and to study how the work technique is related to personal ...
Encounters in the medical context. Issues of gender and sexuality
(2003)
A multidisciplinary approach in medicine is pivotal in order to understand the health implications of gender differences and sexual identity/orientation..The general aim of this thesis was to study how gender and sexuality ...
Long-term effects of growth hormone replacement therapy in growth hormone deficient adults
(2006)
Deficiency of growth hormone (GHD) in adults results in abnormal body composition, reduced bone mass and muscle strength, deteriorated cardiovascular risk factors. Short-term GH replacement reverses many of the symptoms ...
Waiting time and mortality in coronary artery bypass grafting patients
(2005)
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) has emerged as one of the most common major surgical procedures worldwide. Unfortunately the capacity is still unable to meet the demand in many countries. This leads to waiting times ...
Unexplained chest pain in men and women - symptom perception and outcome
(2009-01-30)
Patients with chest pain account for a large number of all patients seeking health care. The majority of these patients are referred to emergency departments (ED) and many of them are given a discharge diagnosis of unexplained ...
Lust att lära naturvetenskap och teknik? : en longitudinell studie om vägen till gymnasiet
(Göteborg : Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, 2003)
The aim of the study was to follow a group of pupils from the age of twelve until they leave lower secondary school at the age of sixteen to describe and analyse how their attitudes towards and interest in science and ...
Mandom och mödom: Sexualitet, homosocialitet och aristokratisk identitet på det senmedeltida Island
(2009-05-18)
The purpose of this study is to show how political and sexual strategies interacted when the Icelandic elite was reorganized in the late Middle Ages. During the years 1262 through 1264, the Icelanders agreed to pay tax to ...
Health-related quality of life in patients with pacemakers. A descriptive and experimental study
(2004)
The general aim of this thesis was to describe and evaluate the health-relatedquality of life (HRQoL) of patients with pacemakers, as well as to determine theeffects of a nurse-led intervention regarding health-related ...
Avslöjandets tid. Kvinnors bearbetning av sexuella övergrepp
(2009-04-17)
In this thesis the aim is to explore how the phenomenon of working through child sexual abuse can be understood; its historical, discursive and social conditions and relations to gender and other power structures. The main ...
Mark är som barn. Genus, fattigdom, och försörjning i Södra Wollo, Etiopien
(2009-09-18)
This anthropological study examines the complexity and importance of gender
relations for livelihood activities and it looks at the way in which femaleheaded
agricultural households in the Ethiopian highlands cope in an ...