AbstractThe purpose of this investigation is to find out how the pupils can discover and to feel joy in their creative art activity and also to believe in their own ability. The aim is to figure out if creative art activity is able to raise the pupil?s self-image. By literature, pedagogue interviews, and interviews with pupils at the age of ten years old and by action research is the way that I have searched for an answer for my question. The main result is that fantasy, creativity, courage and lust are important parts to develop in the job of raising the self-image.

Johanna Petrén, a prospective teacher of religion, has examined how a couple of students view Christianity as it is presented in a Religious Education classroom. Furthermore, how this image matches their experience of Christianity outside of school. The key questions of this essay are: How do the students generally describe Christianity and what it means to be a Christian based on the image they have acquired from outside of school, or from Christian friends, confirmation or their own faith? How do the students describe Christianity according to what they learn in Religious education at school? What potential differences do the students perceive between the image of Christianity conveyed by the school and the image they have of Christianity from outside of school? Does the school's teaching influence the credibility and interest in Christianity? The questions have been discussed in focus group interviews, in which the students way of reasoning and talking about religious matters were analysed based on previous research. References used in the analysis includes research on topics such as science of religious history, religion in multicultural and postcolonial rooms, secularism and discourse analysis have.

Öland?s Business Office is on the verge of developing a strategy for the island?s future tourism. Before any work with developing Öland can be carried out, it is essential to gain an understanding of how the place is perceived today.The purpose of this essay is to study the island?s current image and make recommendations for how the place brand could be developed.The methods used are literature studies and qualitative group interviews. The participants have been inhabitants of Öland and returning visitors from the Kalmar region.

Bakgrund: I Sverige drabbas mer än 50000 personer av cancer varje år, men det är inte bara patienten som drabbas utan även alla närstående. Ca 35 % av all cancer går inte att bota och vården blir palliativ, vilken syftar till att förebygga och lindra lidandet för patienten och dennes familj. Att vara närstående i denna situation framkallar många olika känslor.Syfte: Syftet med studien är att belysa upplevelsen av att vara närstående till en palliativ patient med cancer.Metod: Studien är utförd utifrån en kvalitativ ansats och är baserad på sex biografier där resultatet har bearbetats med stöd av en kvalitativ innehållsanalys.Resultat: Upplevelsen av att vara närstående till en patient med cancer tar fram många motstridiga känslor såsom oro, hopp, vanmakt och frid. Vikten av att som närstående få bekräftelse från såväl den sjuke som från vården belyses, liksom vikten av att få stöd och hjälp från vården för att orka vara den starka som alltid finns där. Betydelsen av familj och vänner belyses också.Slutsats: Studien visar tydligt att vården måste bli bättre att i ett tidigt skede möta upp de närstående och även se deras behov.

BackgroundWhen women have breast pain this usually is not associated with myocardial infarction, which results in that they get less attention and wrong treatment. The nurse has an important role in informing and educating patients and families during hospitalization, which is usually short. Continuous training, written information and repetition for patient and family throughout the hospital stay are of considerable importance to clarify that the patient understands and to reduce the anxiety of being discharged.AimThe aim is to describe nurses' experiences of caring for older women with myocardial infarction.MethodsA qualitative method was used. The collection of data was done by six interviews with nurses in geriatric care and elderly care. Dataset has been processed based on a content analysis and divided into subcategories and main categories using meaningful units.ResultsNot having knowledge of older women with myocardial infarction was expressed as frustrating and nurses described how they were afraid to ask their colleagues.

Att vara anhörig när ens närstående blir svårt sjuk i cancer är en svår situation. Den anhörige är med, men också utanför. Anhöriga till patienter med cancer upplever ofta cancerdiagnosen som ett hårt slag mot dem själva, och är därför i behov av hjälp och stöd. Syftet med denna kvalitativa litteraturstudie var att belysa hur anhöriga till patienter med cancer beskriver behov och känslor i mötet med sjuksköterskan. Informationskällan utgörs av vetenskapliga artiklar från tidskrifter och vetenskapliga rapporter.

The purpose of this paper has been to study how users experiences and behaviors are influenced by a "like" function, when publication of images in social media with the photo app Instagram as the selected base. In this study respondents has been part of a study regarding their experiences and behavior related to "like" function in Instagram. The results of the question form have then been analyzed to find patterns in their behavior and to exemplify/reinforce different type of user-behavior found in related scientific articles.The study has shown that the behavior of Instagram users is affected by the "like" function, when they believes that the function is a status marker that raises the interest for certain users by the number of likes. Through my results, I have been able to amplify and illustrate several theories of Goffman, Buckingham and Gripsrud which are presented in the report..

Cancer är ett samlingsnamn för över 200 olika sjukdomar. Varje år drabbas ett av 600 barn i världen utav cancer. De vanligaste cancerformerna hos barn är leukemi och hjärntumörer. Det är ännu oklart varför barn får cancer, men forskning visar att bidragande faktorer kan vara ärftlighet, miljögifter och strålning. När ett barn drabbas av cancer är det inte bara barnet som ställs inför en förändrad livsvärld utan hela familjen påverkas.

Patienter med cancer drabbas ofta av nutritionsproblem främst i form av minskat näringsintag. Det beror dels på sjukdomen i sig, men även på behandlingen mot cancer och dess biverkningar. Ungefär 30 - 85 % av patienterna utvecklar nutritionsproblem. Försämrat näringsintag kan leda till en svår form av utmärglig (cancerkakexi). Nutrition och nutritionsproblem påverkar patienterna och deras närstående, vilket kan ge konsekvenser för dem i det dagliga livet.

The WT1 gene is a complex gene originally known to suppress cancer in kidneys. Studies of WT1 knockout mice have confirmed the important role of WT1 in the pathogenesis of Wilms? tumour, a tumour which counts for 95% of all childhood renal tumours. In that case the WT1 gene acts as a tumour suppressor gene. Subsequent research has shown that the WT1 gene in many other cases acts as an oncogene, e g in leukemia or lung cancer (even though these cancer forms can emerge as a result of many other aetiological factors).

Globalt har cancersjukdomarna ökat de senaste åren. Bara i Sverige drabbas idag ungefär var tredje person av någon form av cancer under sin livstid. Därtill är cancer den näst vanligaste dödsorsaken i Sverige. Syftet med studien var att granska och sammanställa litteratur om patientens upplevelser av en cancerdiagnos och dess behandling. Databassökningen som gjordes i PubMed och PsycINFO resulterade i tio vetenskapliga artiklar som därefter genomgick en kvalitetsgranskning.

I hela världen drabbas mer än tio miljoner människor av cancer varje år. Incidensen för cancer är ökande och cirka var tredje person i Sverige drabbas av någon form av cancer under sin livstid. Varje år dör ungefär 20 000 personer i Sverige av cancer. Syftet med denna litteratur-studie var att undersöka faktorer som kan påverka patienters upplevelser av cytostatika- och strålbehandling samt av sjuksköterskans omvårdnadsroll kring behandlingen. Metoden var en litteraturstudie av 11 vetenskapliga artiklar granskade enligt Polit m fl (2001) kriterier för vetenskaplighet.

Cirka 250 000 barn runt om i världen insjuknar varje år i cancer. Cancer är olika sjukdomar som innebär en rubbad celldelning. Cytostatika, operation samt strålbehandling är de tre olika behandlingsmetoderna som används för att behandla cancer. När ett barn lider av cancer påverkar det hela familjens livsvärld och vardag, inte minst föräldrarnas. Syftet med studien var att belysa föräldrars upplevelser av att leva med barn som har cancer.

The purpose is to illustrate the phenomenon of self-harm from a social psychological and sociological perspective. The purpose is furthermore to examine the role social relationships play in the individuals´ self- imagine and what role does identification play for anyone who harm themselves? We want to examine in what way social relationships are important and how they function for individuals who harm themselves, both once they have started to harm themselves, and if the relationships in any part caused the cutting to begin with.Questions:How do individuals shape their identity based on self- harm? Which self-image do individuals have who self-harm? Is there anything in the person's previous social relationships that have caused them to begin to hurt themselves?Method:In this paper we have analyzed five autobiographies. We have used open coding from grounded theory as analytical method and subject positions based on discourse analysis.Theory:We have used the Cooley concepts looking glass self, Foucault's theory of power, Giddens' concept of ontological security and existential anxiety.Results and Analysis:We found six different categories that we thought were central. These were negative self-image, guilt, lack of family support, negative experiences of others' views, the protective identity as self- harmer and insecure social relationships in school.Conclusion:The self-harming is a very complex behavior.

Background: Cancer-related pain is a major problem worldwide. Studies indicate that patients do not get an adequate pain relief. This creates a large suffering and results in major problems for the patient and their families. In order to minimize this kind of suffering caregivers need to understand how cancer-related pain is experienced by these patients, what it does to them and how it impacts their daily life.  Aim: The aim of this study was to describe patients´ experience of living with cancer-related pain.