Browsing 6 Ph.d.- avhandlinger / Doctoral Theses by Title
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Learning from persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: An ethnographic study exploring self-determination and ethics of professional relations
(Dissertation series for the Degree Of Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.) at VID Specialized University;no. 52, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) are often excluded both from research and several areas of society. These people depend on others in all matters, relying on care that often involves ... -
Læring i helse. En studie av Lærings- og mestringssenterets helsepedagogiske kunnskapsgrunnlag og praksis
(Doctoral thesis, 2014)Norwegian authorities have established so called Learning and Mastery Centres in order to face the increased incidences of chronic diseases. Aim: The overall aim of the thesis is, emanating from the study of a Learning and ... -
Making room for spirituality? Family therapists´ and clients´ perceptions and experiences about spirituality in family therapy
(Dissertation Series for the Degree of Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.) at VID Specialized University;no. 9, Doctoral thesis, 2018)The overall aim of this research study was to explore family therapists' and clients understandings and perceptions of spirituality and their experiences of what spirituality means in family therapy in Norway. A specific ... -
Managers negotiating identities: Hybridizing professionalism and mangerialism in faith-based health organizations and in religious organizations
(Dissertation Series for the Degree of Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.) at VID Specialized University;no. 14, Doctoral thesis, 2019)This thesis focuses on hybrid professional managers’ self-understanding in the context of their everyday work. In particular, I address the following question: In a context of institutional change, how do managers negotiate ... -
Mature care? : An empirical study of interaction between psychotic patients and psychiatric nurses
(Series of dissertations submitted to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo;No. 608, Doctoral thesis, 2008)It is a widespread notion that nursing should be characterised as altruistic actions of care. Do the experiences of patients and nurses in acute psychiatry reflect this notion of care, and does it represent an appropriate ... -
Mellom trigging og trygging. Det affektive læringsdomenet i simuleringsbasert utdanning.
(Dissertation Series for the Degree of Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.) at VID Specialized University;43, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Avhandlingen undersøker det affektive læringsdomenet i simuleringsbasert utdanning. Simulering kan defineres som en kompleks læringssituasjon hvor studenter aktivt deltar i imiterte situasjoner som ofte utspilles i ... -
Moral cognition and social competence: promotion and prevention in school
(Dissertation series for the Degree of Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D) at VID Specialized University;no. 12, Doctoral thesis, 2018)Social competence is important to well-being and social and personal development. The lack of social competence is linked to bullying in school, young people’s failure to qualify for work, and other types of externalizing ... -
Moving reality closer to the ideal : The process towards autonomy and secularism during the Social Democratic hegemony in 20th century Sweden
(Dissertation series for the Degree of Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.) at VID Specialized University;44, Doctoral thesis, 2022)21st century Sweden is arguably the most secular-individualistic nation in the world. In this dissertation, I perform a qualitative textual analysis on how positions on autonomy were expressed in the political discourse ... -
“Møter med kunst som kulturelt medborgerskap”: En kasusstudie av personer med demens sine møter med kunst på tilrettelagte omvisninger i kunstmuseum
(Dissertation series for the Degree Of Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.) at VID Specialized University;no. 31, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Denne avhandlingen handler om personer med demens sine møter med kunst på tilrettelagte kunstomvisninger på et kunstmuseum. Den undersøker hva som skjer i de konkrete møtene med kunsten, og hvilke betydningen erfaringene ... -
Narrative Battles and Bridges : Religion, Identity and Conflict in Syrian Refugee Trajectories
(Dissertation series for the Degree of Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.) at VID Specialized University;30, Doctoral thesis, 2021)This thesis is a qualitative study based on three articles, of which two have been published. The general purpose of this study is to raise awareness of the Syrian conflict and its resulting refugee crisis through the ... -
«National Early Warning Score» og sykepleiernes kompetanse. Om skjønn, klinisk vurdering og ansvar ved bruk av et standardisert verktøy
(Dissertation Series for the Degree of Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.) at VID Specialized University;no.20, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Denne avhandlingen har utforsket forholdet mellom det standardiserte verktøyet «National Early Warning Score» (NEWS) og sykepleiernes profesjonalitet i form av kompetanse til å foreta kliniske vurderinger og til å utøve ... -
Navigating expectations: Concurrent processes of inclusion and exclusion in refugees’(Dis)Integration into the norwegian labour market
(Dissertation series for the Degree Of Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.) at VID Specialized University;no. 53, Doctoral thesis, 2023)The debates following the 2015-2016 refugee influx put the topic of immigration high on the political agenda and accentuated the issue as highly politicized. In a universal welfare state like the Norwegian, labour market ... -
Nedbrytningen av galehuset. Symbolske aspekter ved psykiatrireformen i Arezzo, Italia
(Student paper, others, 1991)Denne oppgaven omhandler, på et annet plan, "Giulias reise"; omleggingen av den psykiatriske behandlingen og nedleggelsen av døgninstitusjonene i Arezzo-provinsen. Det er en reise i rom - fra galehuset i Arezzo ut til ... -
Negotiating Church in China’s Red Province : A Lutheran Church in Hunan 1902-1951
(Dissertation series for the Degree of Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.) at VID Specialized University;42, Doctoral thesis, 2022)This study of the Lutheran church at the mission field of the Norwegian Missionary Society (NMS) in Hunan Province, China spans the years 1902-1951, beginning with the establishment of the first congregations, shortly after ... -
Negotiating religion and development : diaconal praxis in the Bolivian Andes
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-07)This thesis investigates how relations between religion and development are constructed and negotiated in diaconal praxis in Bolivia. It is a case study of two Bolivian actors of international diakonia: one church (Iglesia ... -
On the old and the new: An ethnographic study of older people’s mental health services in a changing welfare state
(Doctoral dissertation;Nr 19, Doctoral thesis, 2017)The Norwegian welfare state is traditionally known as universalistic. Thus, it might be expected that public healthcare services would cover all citizens on equal terms. Yet older people with mental health problems are not ... -
Opening and closing doors – Managing at the multicultural workplace: A case study of cultural diversity and inclusion in nursing homes
(Dissertation Series for the Degree of Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.) at VID Specialized University;no. 32, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Immigration has changed the demographics of Norway remarkably over the last 50 years as it has in many other countries, and immigrants are working their way into society and into the labor market. These changes pose new ... -
Participation in heavenly worship : the pre-Nicene growth of a concept
(Doctoral thesis, 2016)This is a project in the intersection between patristics and liturgical history. It concerns pre-Nicene liturgical theology in general and connects more specifically to scholarly discussions on the Sanctus, not so much to ... -
The Pastoral Disposition in the Thought of John Owen
(Dissertation series for the Degree of Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.) at VID Specialized University;27, Doctoral thesis, 2021)John Owen is presented in scholarship as a statesman, an academic, and a theologian. Though it is widely acknowledged that he was a pastor throughout his lifetime, little attention has been paid to his pastoral theology ... -
Pastoral leadership in sunday services. A qualitative case study of seven pastors in the church of Norway
(Dissertation Series for the Degree of Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.) at VID Specialized University;56, Doctoral thesis, 2024)This study is situated in practical theology and aims at contributing to the field of pastoral theology focusing on pastoral leadership. The research question with which this study is concerned is: “How do pastors carry ...