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Care Science
Care science research is multidisciplinary and covers all aspects of human life. In addition, it has a focus on the organisation and practice of nursing. At Malmö University, care sciences research is conducted across six areas, all with the aim of contributing to equality in care and health.
Subject description
The subject includes theory and methods for the study of problems, processes, factors and measures related to health equity by promoting health and preventing ill health. Part of care science consists of nursing, which includes preventive, supportive, caring and rehabilitative measures in health and medical care in different environments and contexts. The subject also concerns the organisation of nursing work, the conditions, processes and results of nursing education, as well as the need for knowledge and the use of knowledge in health care.
Researchers, publications and projects within the subject
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2025 | Article in journal
Nurse Educators' Conceptions of How They Facilitate Critical Thinking in Bachelor Nursing Students: A Phenomenographic Study
Frida Westerdahl, Anne Wennick, Gunilla Borglin, Elisabeth Carlson
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2025 | Article in journal
Collaboration and Communication in Care at the Nursing Home: The Next of Kin's Experiences of Participation Following Educational Intervention for Staff
Helene Åvik Persson, Birgitta Wallerstedt, Åsa Alftberg, Anna Sandgren, Gerd Ahlström
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2025 | Article in journal
Supporting relatives when general palliative care is provided at home– a focus group study based on nurses’ experiences
Elina Mikaelsson Midlöv, Susann Porter, Therese Sterner, Katarina Sjögren Forss, Terese Lindberg
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2025 | Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary
The patient's perspective on colonoscopy: development and evaluation of a patient-reported experience measure
Annica Rosvall
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2025 | Article in journal
Family members' experience of involvement in the patient care process on an interprofessional training ward: A qualitative interview study
Sofia Hemle Jerntorp, Jenny Jakobsson, Malin Axelsson, Elisabeth Carlson, Anna Carin Aho
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2025 | Article in journal
Measuring a family sense of coherence: a rasch-based study extending dyadic data analyses
Marie-Louise Möllerberg, Kristofer Årestedt, Peter Hagell, Jeanette Melin
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2024 | Article in journal
Empatins fenomenologi och den professionella rollen i återhämtningsinriktat arbete
John Stigmar
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2024 | Report
Nursing Group Supervision: Reflected Experience-based Knowledge
Lisbeth Lindell, Marianne Kisthinios
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2024 | Article in journal
Patients’ experiences of involvement at a clinical training ward: a qualitative interview study
Sofia Hemle Jerntorp, Elisabeth Carlson, Malin Axelsson, Anna Carin Aho, Jenny Jakobsson
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2024 | Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary
Från maktlöshet till empowerment: upplevelser av att vara närstående till en person med borderlinepersonlighetssyndrom/ emotionell instabilt personlighetssyndrom, bemötandet från hälso- och sjukvården, deras behov av stöd och känsla av empowerment
Susanne Ekdahl
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Research projectThe right to give rights. Welfare professionals as guardians of undocumented migrants’ human rights.
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Research projectFrom Measurement to Coproduction: Advancing Patient-Reported Experience in Colonoscopy Care
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Research projectHuman Rights Mobilisation of Welfare Professionals Against the Informers Act - Arguments, Strategies and Practices (HUMASP)
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Research projectIntegrating Diet, Environment, and Lifestyle: A Multifaceted Approach to Managing Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Young Adults
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Research projectAspects of palliative care quality and quality improvement in municipal health care services
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Research projectCo-designing an intervention to prevent fall, malnutrition, poor oral health and pressure ulcers
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Research projectYoung adults with inflammatory bowel disease: diet, exercise, quality of life and psychosexual health
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Research projectFamilies experiencing cancer- Support to prevent cancer-related illness: FamCASP
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Research projectProfessional Education and Sexual Health-PUSH
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Research projectMeasuring the well-being of older people for fair management and follow-up
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Research projectAwareness and competencies in palliative care among nurse managers in municipal care settings
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Research projectPrerequisites for Operating Room Nurses and Nurse Anesthetists to precept specialist nursing students in a perioperative context.
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Research projectKids In Action for Health Equity
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Research projectOperating theatre nurses' concerns, experiences and perceptions from participating in organ procurement
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Research projectPerson-centred care@Work – how does it affect work environment and work-related health among healthcare professionals?
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Research projectKIDS in action promoting health equity in socially deprived areas (K.A.H.E.Q Study)
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Research projectThe impact of hospitals' environmental hygiene on health care-related infection
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Research projectDevelopment, evaluation and implementation of a digital education for Swedish municipal politicians with responsibility for care of the...
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Research projectEquity perspectives in school-based mental health promotion
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Research project | DOCTORAL PROJECTThe Complexity of Teamwork and Interprofessional Collaboration: From the Perspective of Health Care Students, Patients and Relatives
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Research projectPatients experience before and after cardiac surgery
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Research projectStudent participation in research teams – Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) in Biomedical, Criminology and Care Science research
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Research projectBiobarriers – Health, disorders and healing
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Research projectEqual health - Health promotion in collaboration
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Research projectPHED - Precision Health and Everyday Democracy
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Research projectPsychosocial aspects of Alopecia Areata
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Research project | DOCTORAL PROJECTFactors influencing Ambulance Nurses’ Adherence to Guidelines in Patients with Acute Chest Pain
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Research projectEvidence based teaching practice for undergraduate nursing students to facilitate critical thinking: a study undertaken within the MRC...
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Research projectMale victims of violence and their mental ill health during the life course.
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Research projectPROSENIOR: Prevention of falls, pressure ulcers, malnutrition and poor oral health in older persons in Skåne
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Research projectPatients’ experiences before, during and after a colonoscopy procedure. Embrace the patient perspective.
annica.rosvall@mau.se
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Doctoral studies in Care Science
Malmö University offers doctoral studies in Care science.
The subject field of caring science is multi-disciplinary and multi-professional. It encompasses theories and methods for studying problems, processes, factors, and interventions related to physical and mental ill-health.
One area of caring science is nursing, which encompasses the prevention, support, caring, and rehabilitation in health services and patient care in different environments and contexts.
Contact for doctoral studies in Care science: Elisabeth Carlson