Hospital nurses' and physicians' production and exchange of accurate information between levels of care are crucial for ensuring safe and seamless care for patients in transition. We report on a study in which we explored ...

Researchers and a multidisciplinary clinical team collaborated on the development of a rehabilitation programme for patients with fibromyalgia (FM). In this chapter, we describe the process of developing the programme, ...

Drawing on the phenomenological tradition, contemporary physiotherapy practice may be understood as an embodied experience; one that requires standardized approaches to evidence-based examination, treatment, and evaluation ...

“Translation” has emerged in the previous decades as a key word in disciplines such as history, anthropology and science and technology studies (STS). Moreover, from around 2000 it has become institutionalized in medicine, ...

In this chapter, Bragstad and Foss highlight key methodological challenges and lessons learned when studying complex care transitions from a quantitative perspective. Key challenges with regard to designing and planning ...

Det er en utbredt oppfatning at døden er lite synlig i vår kultur og at vi snakker lite om den. Utgangspunktet for antologien Døden i livet er å utfordre disse forestillingene fra ulike perspektiv og fagfelt. Forfatterne ...

This chapter explains how you can use level-dependent social welfare functions (SWFs) to evaluate health distributions in a manner that is founded on explicit, challengeable and consistent ethical principles. A level-dependent ...

En aldrende befolkning, økning i kroniske og sammensatte lidelser og økt etterspørsel etter helse- og omsorgstjenester, fordrer nye tjenestetilbud. Mer bruk av datateknologi er åpenbart en del av løsningen. Økt brukermedvirkning ...

I kapittelet redegjør vi for hvordan veterinær grensekontroll er regulert gjennom EØS-avtalen, og hvilke konsekvenser dette har for den norske sjømateksporten. I kapittelet analyseres de videre konsekvensene av måter å ...

Although social support is important for health and well-being, many young people are hesitant to reach out for support. The emerging uptake of chatbots for social and emotional purposes entails opportunities and concerns ...