Browsing Institutt for helse og samfunn by Author "Magelssen, Morten"
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Magelssen, Morten; Solberg, Berge; Supphellen, Magne; Haugen, Guttorm (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Norway’s liberal abortion law allows for abortion on social indications, yet access to screening for fetal abnormalities is restricted. Norwegian regulation of, and public discourse about prenatal ...
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Attitudes towards assisted dying are influenced by question wording and order: a survey experiment Magelssen, Morten; Supphellen, Magne; Nortvedt, Per; Materstvedt, Lars Johan (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background Surveys on attitudes towards assisted dying play an important role in informing public debate, policy and legislation. Unfortunately, surveys are often designed with insufficient attention to framing effects; ...
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Bringedal, Berit; Isaksson Rø, Karin; Magelssen, Morten; Førde, Reidun; Aasland, Olaf G. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: We present and discuss the results of a Norwegian survey of medical doctors' views on potential ethical dilemmas in professional practice. Methods: The study was conducted in 2015 as a postal questionnaire to ...
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Magelssen, Morten; Bærøe, Kristine (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Rationing and allocation decisions at the clinical level – bedside rationing – entail complex dilemmas that clinicians and managers often find difficult to handle. There is a lack of mechanisms and aids for ...
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Myskja, Bjørn K; Magelssen, Morten (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background In the debate on conscientious objection in healthcare, proponents of conscience rights often point to the imperative to protect the health professional’s moral integrity. Their opponents hold ...
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Conscientious objection to referrals for abortion: pragmatic solution or threat to women's rights? Nordberg, Eva M Kibsgaard; Skirbekk, Helge; Magelssen, Morten (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background Conscientious objection has spurred impassioned debate in many Western countries. Some Norwegian general practitioners (GPs) refuse to refer for abortion. Little is know about how the GPs carry out their refusals ...
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Magelssen, Morten; Holmøy, Trygve; Horn, Morten Andreas; Fondenes, Ove; Dybwik, Knut Gustav; Førde, Reidun (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)The special nature of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and tracheostomy with invasive ventilation (TIV) leads to challenges that can be difficult in two senses: not only to handle well, but also to discuss with patients ...
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Karlsen, Heidi Marie; Gjerberg, Elisabeth; Førde, Reidun; Magelssen, Morten; Pedersen, Reidar; Lillemoen, Lillian (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Bakgrunn: Ansatte i kommunal helse- og omsorgstjenestene står overfor mange etiske utfordringer i sin arbeidshverdag. Det nasjonale prosjektet «Samarbeid om etisk kompetanseheving (2007–2015)» i regi av KS, hadde som ...
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Magelssen, Morten; Langeland, Gard Olav (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)I debatten om fastlegers adgang til reservasjon mot henvisning til abort hevdet noen at reservasjonslegenes ønske er selvmotsigende og utilstrekkelig begrunnet. Det ble hevdet at reservasjonslegenes foreslåtte balansegang ...
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Blikshavn, Thomas; Husum, Tonje Lossius; Magelssen, Morten (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)Recently, several authors have argued that assisted dying may be ethically appropriate when requested by a person who suffers from serious depression unresponsive to treatment. We here present four arguments to the contrary. ...
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Karlsen, Heidi Marie; Lillemoen, Lillian; Magelssen, Morten; Førde, Reidun; Pedersen, Reidar; Gjerberg, Elisabeth (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background: Healthcare personnel in the municipal healthcare systems experience many ethical challenges in their everyday work. In Norway, 243 municipalities participated in a national ethics project, aimed to increase ...
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Hofmann, Bjørn; Magelssen, Morten (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background What is good bioethics? Addressing this question is key for reinforcing and developing the field. In particular, a discussion of potential quality criteria can heighten awareness and contribute ...
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Life, medicine and human fulfilment. End-of-life decisions in light of a revised natural law theory Magelssen, Morten (Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2014)
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Magelssen, Morten; Førde, Reidun (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)I februar 2018 ble det vedtatt å innføre behandling med det kostbare legemiddelet nusinersen (Spinraza) for den sjeldne genetiske sykdommen spinal muskelatrofi i den offentlige helsetjenesten. Avgjørelsen kom etter en ...
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Magelssen, Morten (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)By way of a case story, two common presuppositions in the academic debate on conscientious objection in healthcare are challenged. First, the debate typically presupposes a sharp division between conscience-based refusals ...
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Litleskare, Liv A; Strander, Mette T; Førde, Reidun; Magelssen, Morten (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Ritual circumcision of infant boys is controversial in Norway, as in many other countries. The procedure became a part of Norwegian public health services in 2015. A new law opened for conscientious objection ...
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Magelssen, Morten; Miljeteig, Ingrid; Pedersen, Reidar; Førde, Reidun (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background Fair prioritization of healthcare resources has been on the agenda for decades, but resource allocation dilemmas in clinical practice remain challenging. Can clinical ethics committees (CECs) be ...
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Magelssen, Morten; Le, Nhat Q; Supphellen, Magne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Controversies arise over abortion, assisted dying and conscientious objection (CO) in healthcare. The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between attitudes towards these bioethical ...
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Ewnetu, Demelash B; Thorsen, Viva C; Solbakk, Jan H; Magelssen, Morten (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background The Ethiopian law on abortion was liberalized in 2005. However, as a strongly religious country, the new law has remained controversial from the outset. Many abortion providers have religious allegiances, which ...
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Antonsen, Yngve; Normann, anne k meinich; Nilsen, Heidi Rapp; Magelssen, Morten (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Vi mangler kunnskap om ledelsens rolle i å støtte innføring av systematisk etikkarbeid i kommunal helse- og omsorgstjeneste. Studien undersøker hvordan lederforankring har påvirket innføring av faste møteplasser for etisk ...