Bakgrund: Vårdpersonalen har en viktig funktion i omvårdnaden av närstående till palliativt sjuka patienter. Den palliativa vårdsituationen var ofta en ny upplevelse för de närstående. Vårdpersonalens uppgift var därmed att ge aktuell information samt se till att närstående blev delaktiga i vården. Syftet: Med litteraturstudien var att belysa vårdpersonalens stöd till närstående samt beskriva vilka behov närstående hade i palliativ vård. Metod: Femton vetenskapliga artiklar med kvalitativ metod analyserades enligt innehållsanalys och låg till grund för litteraturstudien.

In this thesis an explorative study was undertaken with the aim to study how a number of private care providers, as well as politicians and officials from councils in and around the Stockholm and Uppsala counties, think about the future of the Swedish elderly care from a property perspective, i.e. homes for the elderly. The analysis shows that there is a demand for capacity in 6 out of 16 municipalities, and that the property is an important part of this capacity, and the fulfillment of it. This was mainly due to the cost of capital, but also because of several other factors such as lack of land, a wish to guide the design, ideology, and in many cases a wish to use the property as an instrument of domination to control private health care providers.Also, the property was show to be connected to economic competition, to freedom of choice, and to quality. The problems related to the property in the market for elderly care still remains to be solved.

Syftet med studien var att undersöka intresset för aktiv dödshjälp hos patienter som lider av en långt framskriden cancer samt vilka faktorer som påverkar dem i detta ställningstagande. I en litteraturstudie har relevant litteratur insamlats, analyserats och tolkats. Utifrån bevisen från sammanlagt fem kvalitativa studier har nya slutsatser dragits. Resultaten pekar på att det finns ett intresse för aktiv dödshjälp bland svårt sjuka cancerpatienter men att detta i hög grad är framtidsorienterat. Faktorer som påverkar intresset är uppfattningen om att vara en börda för andra, rädsla för framtiden, lidande, den demoraliserande inverkan som cancern har på individen samt religion och etik..

Det övergripande målet med palliativ vård är att uppnå bästa möjliga livskvalité för patienten och dennes familj. Vårdpersonalen måste vara förberedd både praktiskt och mentalt. Mötet mellan vårdpersonal och patienter beskrivs som en process respektive något som sker spontant. Författarna anknyter föreliggande studie till Benner och Wrubels omvårdnadsteori. Studiens syfte var att belysa det vårdande mötet mellan vårdpersonal och patienter i den palliativa vården.

The purpose of this study was to investigate and expand the knowledge of how bereaved spouses in palliative care handled their grief. Attempts were also made to distinguish common patterns among the experiences that the bereaved spouses expressed.  Furthermore the study aimed to understand how the bereaved spouses handled their grief, and to understand what helped them to move on. A qualitative method was used in this essay, related to the purpose of investigating the spouses? emotional experiences. The questions used to reach an understanding of the matter were: How did the bereaved experienced their grief? Were there important contributing factors worsening their grief or making it easier? How did the bereaved persons handle their grief, and what helped them to work things through and carry on with their lives? The result was analyzed by using Antonovsky?s theory; a feeling of coherence, Lazarus? coping theory combined with Folkman?s revised coping theory.

Placing children in foster care is today considered the best alternative for children unable to stay in their biological environment. A nuclear family consisting of a father, a mother and a child is the most common family structure within foster care today. The purpose of this thesis is to gain insight on the family norms that control the foster care system. It's a qualitative study based on interviews with six professional social workers within the field of foster care. This method gave us empirical material, that was later analyzed from two main theories and one theoretical concept.

Bakgrund:Begreppet hopp har definierats   och beskrivits på många olika sätt, bland annat som en livsviktig inre resurs   som innebär en förväntan om att något positivt kan ske i framtiden. Hopp har   visat sig vara betydelsefullt för patienter i palliativ vård då det kan   hjälpa dem att hantera sin livssituation samt öka deras välbefinnande.   Sjuksköterskan har en viktig roll i främjandet och bevarandet av hopp hos   döende patienter. Genom en ökad förståelse för vad patienterna upplever som   viktiga aspekter för bevarandet av hoppet skapas förutsättningar för en god   vård. Syfte: Att beskriva hur patienter i palliativ vård bevarar hoppet. Metod:En litteraturöversikt som baserats på nio vetenskapliga artiklar.

Den palliativa vården har i dag hamnat i fokus, den bedrivs både på sjukhus, i den primära vården och i hemmen. Palliativ vård innebär inte att bota utan att lindra symtom och öka livskvaliteten för patienter med livshotande sjukdom. För de som befinner sig i livets slutskede är det av stor vikt att de psykiska, fysiska, sociala, andliga och existentiella behoven tillfredsställs för att lindra det lidande som uppstår. Syftet med litteraturstudien är att beskriva patientens upplevelse att vara vid livets slut, för att färigenom få större förståelse för palliativ vård. Studien bygger på två biografier som handlar om att vara i livets slut utifrån två kvinnors egna upplevelser.

Introduction: Today caring for newborn, sick babies or premature infants is in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). There is an opportunity in NICUs for advanced critical care and skilled nursing care of the child, conducted by health professionals in an active partnership with parents. To encourage parental participation in the care of their children parents are offered accommodation in a family room in the NICU. Objective: The aim is to describe parents' experience to stay in a family room in the NICU when their child is cared for there. Method: This is a research plan for a qualitative study with an inductive, descriptive approach.

Palliativ vård syftar till att främja livskvalitet för patient och anhöriga. Hela människan skall tas i beaktande och fysiska behov skall tillgodoses i lika stor utsträckning som psykiska, sociala och andliga behov. Målet är att lindra lidande i största möjliga mån, vilket överensstämmer med vad International Council of Nursing belyser vara sjuksköterskans ansvar. Vald studiedesign var litteraturstudie med systematisk litteratursökning. Syftet var att beskriva vad patienter i palliativ fas uppfattar har inverkan på upplevelsen av att vara döende.

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate relatives opinions of information, interaction, support, participation and care at a hospice unit. The aim was also to investigate whether there was a difference between women and men.Method: The study is a descriptive quantitative cross-sectional study. A questionnaire with closed and open-end questions was sent out to 66 relatives to patients who had died at the hospice unit. The closed questions were analyzed with SPSS. A content analyze was used for the open-end questions.Results: The most of the relatives were fully pleased with information, interaction, support and care.

According to the statistics, the number of older inmates in prison is increasing, and the care needs for this group are relatively unexplored. The purpose was to study prison officer?s perceptions of older inmates and their care needs. The study was based on a qualitative approach in which prison officers at one prison were interviewed. The interviews were analyzed based on earlier research and from a social constructionist perspective.

After World War II a rapid expansion of the Swedish health care took place. Theexpansion was realised chiefly as a development of the hospitals and was bothproduced and financed mainly within the public sector. The financing consisted to ahigh degree of government grants from the state to the county councils.During the period for this examination (1945-1955) the public responsibility for thehealth care was expanded. This was expressed in the publicly financed system forhealth insurance and the cut down in the charges that the patients had to pay for thehospital care. These changes led to some discussions on the national level but reformscould on the whole, with exception for the suggested reform of the open health care,be implemented.This case-study performed on the county council in Värmland shows that the degreeof consensus was enhanced on the regional level.

We choose to revise the need of dental care in horses. How important is the dental care for our horse´s use and for their health? The objective of this work was to see if there is a difference between Swedish veterinaries and educated horse dentists opinion concerning horse dental care. As horse owners, we have experienced that there is a conflict between the opinions of these two occupational groups. Some veterinarians say that there is a tendency to use to much treatments or instruments in horses mouths, while some horse dentists says that there is not enough treatments done in horses´ mouths.

Internationell forskning visar entydigt att den palliativa v?rden ?r oj?mlik baserat p? en rad sociala best?mningsfaktorer, som k?n, ?lder, etnicitet, socioekonomisk position, boendesituation med flera. Men i dagsl?get finns ingen forskning gjord i en svensk kontext. Dock finns tre nationella riktlinjer f?r palliativ v?rd av vuxna som v?nder sig till v?rdpersonal, beslutsfattare och politiker.