My intention with this essay has been to examine how men?s tears are portrayed in three chosen films and what their crying does to their masculinity. In my analysis I have used the concept of hegemonic masculinity. I have worked from the assumption that in our culture men?s crying is problematic in some sense.

For a woman who has been diagnosed with breast cancer, there can be many negative things that effects her life. It is a great shock that changes her life and can include a sense of lost femininity and a decreased sexual desire which can be both physical and psychological. The basis of this literature review is from 17 scientific articles which evaluate the changes in cancer patient's body image and sexuality during their illness and treatment. This study illustrates patient's experience of the nursing and difficulties which obstructs the nurse from talking about sexuality whit the patient. The study also showed that the patient had a desire to discuss these sexuality issues with a nurse..

The aim of this study was to illuminate critical factors that facilitate respectively obstruct the novice nurse's development during her first year in the profession. The method used was a systematic literature review according to Goodman's model. The 8 qualitative scientific articles were scrutinized by using a form developed by Pedersen and Sigling (2002). The result shows that cognitive factors, stress, social factors as well as affective factors are critical during the novice nurse's first professional year. The results are related to Antonovsky's concept sense of coherence..

AbstractPurpose/Aim: In my essay I study the use of Internet with information overload as my perspective. I compare two age groups in order to find out whether there is a difference between generations in how they use the Internet and experience the vast amount of information that is found on the net.Material/Method: I gather information from six frequent World Wide Web users to find out whether they are experiencing information overload when using the Internet in their spare time and how they structure and make sense of the vast amount of information that is found on the net. I use semi-structured interviews to gather qualitative, not quantitative, material for my study. I have also used literature and websites on information overload, the Internet, and connected themes in order to get a broader picture of the subject and help me analyse the material.Main results: The main results of my study are that frequent Internet users do not feel that they suffer from the vast amount of information found on the World Wide Web. They rather enjoy it and if they have heard the term information overload they assume that it does not apply to their use of the Internet.

Bakgrund: Att möta patienter som befinner sig i en svår situation och vars sjukdomstillstånd påtvingar dem ett lidande kan vara komplicerat och smärtsamt. I denna litteraturstudie definieras svåra situationer med patienter som nyligen delgivits svåra besked eller patienter som har långt framskriden cancer eller KOL. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att belysa sjuksköterskans roll i mötet med patienter i svåra situationer. Metod: Tio kvalitativa och kvantitativa vetenskapliga artiklar låg till grund för denna litteraturstudie. Sökningarna för att finna dessa artiklar utfördes i databaserna CINAHL, PubMed och PsycINFO. Resultat: Två tydliga kategorier, tröst och stöd, identifierades. Som exempel på de sätt att ge tröst som nämns återfinns bl.a.

Kroniskt obstruktiv lungsjukdom (KOL) är en folkhälsosjukdom, som förutsägs vara en av de tre vanligaste dödsorsakerna i världen år 2020. De symptom som följer är många och kan påverka patienten, både fysiskt och psykiskt. Oro/ångest är karaktäristiska symptom vid KOL och denna studies syfte var att beskriva icke-farmakologiska åtgärder vid detta tillstånd. En litteraturstudie inom ämnet genomfördes, utifrån Polit och Beck?s nio steg, där resultatet grundades på vetenskapligt granskade artiklar.

Dust, our smallest common denominator                                                                                                                                                                 Charlotta Lindvall ABSTRACT  I find it fascinating to know that we are all made of the same material as the stars and that everything is connected to each other and in a constant movement and transformation, a recycle of material. We are all made of stardust. In fact all life is sprung out of dust.In my essay I investigate the dust and ask the question if there are any traces in the dust. I look at the history of the dust and how it has affected us and our world through the decades. What does this small and airy but oh so unappreciated dust tell us? Why do we want to get rid of it? Is it possible to find a sense of belonging in the big context by investigating the dust and its origin and could I transform such a low material as dust into something magic that makes people reflect on our origin and belonging and how everything is connected? In my work I use dust as a material and in the essay I compare my work with other artists who have worked with dust as a material.Dust is everywhere because its source is from everything.

Den vanligaste orsaken till amputation är cirkulationsstörningar som vanligtvis orsakas av diabetes. Förlust av kroppsdel kan vara förödande och kräver en förmåga att anpassa sig till den nya situationen. Syftet med studien var att belysa de svårigheter en amputerad person kan utsättas för samt hur dessa svårigheter hanteras. Metoden var litteraturstudie med kvalitativ ansats baserad på sju vetenskapliga artiklar som analyserades utifrån manifest innehållsanalys. Resultatet visade att en förändrad kropp medför känslomässiga, fysiska och sociala svårigheter som påverkade känslan av helhet efter en amputation.

The purpose of this study was to find knowledge about ostomy patients experience with a focus on overall life situation and the care they receive from the nurse. The method used was a systematic literature review according to Polit, Beck & Hungler. Six scientific research reports have been used as foundation of the result in this study. The articles have been reviewed according to Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence (SOC).The result shows that experiences of having ostomy are individual. Adapting to their new life situation varies depending on the reason for having an ostomy.

Personer med måttlig eller svår demenssjukdom förmedlar känslor, tankar och behov utifrån nedsatt kognitiv och emotionell förmåga. Då sjukdomen innebär annorlunda kommunikation och uttryck försvåras samspelet med vårdaren vilket kan minska välbefinnande och öka lidande. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att belysa hur sjuksköterskan kan stödja demenssjuka personers upplevelser av identitet, integritet och välbefinnande. Sökningar av artiklar gjordes i databasen Cinahl och kvalitetsgranskningen resulterade i att sju artiklar inkluderades i studien. Artiklarna analyserades med kvalitativ innehållsanalys.

Where is technology heading? And how will our behaviors towards these new innovations look? This project questions the direction of ?beyond smart? products, through scenarios within our everyday life. The work is both critical and speculative. Speculative in the sense that it is speculating in how a future scenario with ?beyond smart? products would look like.

This thesis deals with local identity and the workplace. We have taken part of stories dealing with local identity and the workplace, by using a qualitative method. We interviewed eleven men working at the same company. The group contained of men from urban areas as well as rural areas. The data from our interviews have been applied to theories of local identity and social theories by sociologists such as Durkheim, Simmel and Tönnies.

Att undersöka hur kampanjfilmerna Rus och Festen försöker formulera, och övertala, sitt budskap utifrån de ursprungliga målen och behoven.  Retorisk analys, kvalitativa intervjuer och fokusgrupp.  Både Festen och Rus har lyckats med att utforma uppseendeväckande filmer. Rus använder sig av extrema känslor och situationer, där igenkänning och ångest antas vara största delen av påverkan. Festen använder sig av ironi och humor som medel för självinsikt.

The urban physical practice of parkour can be described as male dominated. In thispaper, however, I choose to focus on women participating in the sport. My materialconsist of interviews with five Swedish women who regularly perform parkour.Through the phenomenology of Simone de Beauvoir, Iris Marion Young and SaraAhmed, I analyze the women?s relationship to the body and (public) space. Myconclusion is that engaging in parkour has changed the way the women understandtheir own corporeality, from an ?I cannot? to an ?I can?.

Background: Approximately one in three Swedish people will receive a cancer diagnosis. Cancer primarily affects the elderly but also young people suffer. Young people are in a period of life that could put a strain of the ordinary when they are faced with choices and new challenges. The basic sense of security in everyday life is not so obvious and many suffer from, for example, stress and the feeling of being inadequate in relation to the requirements. It is relevant that the nurses can put themselves into what it is like to be young and afflicted with cancer, with the pressures of life itself and what the disease represents.