Clinical Ethics: Benefiting the patient
We are interested in the ethical issues that arise in clinical setting: In association with diagnosis, treatment and the organization and delivery of health care.
Our research looks at health care situations and the people in them. The research is carried out in close collaboration with health care professionals and provides updated knowledge for courses in medical and nursing ethics and training of medical doctor and nursing students.
We have a special focus on nursing ethics & the ethics of care, and clinical handling of different kinds of risk information.
Completed research
We have studied ethical competence in health care management and examined if ethical rounds are good instruments for improving the ethical climate at psychiatric outpatient care. But we have also looked at moral distress in clinical settings and issues on prioritization within health care.
PhD projects have looked at the reception of information on HPV vaccination for teenagers, palliative care for children with cancer, and participation in clinical cancer trials.
Health data in cyber space
We are part of a Nordforsk funded project that develops recommendations for resilient governance mechanisms for cyberhealth.
Patient preferences
Giving patients a voice in drug development
PREFER is a five year public-private research project where academic researchers and the pharmaceutical industry work together to find out when and where patients want, can and should be involved in drug development
Preferences
Cardiovascular risk information
Åsa Grauman will investigate how research participants perceive their personal risk for cardiovascular disease, and their perceptions on cardiovascular risk information.