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SWEDISH MIDWIVES AND THEIR INSTRUMENTS IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES

2002
The predominance of relatively independent midwives is a characteristic of contemporary Swedish maternity care. It is they who are wholly in charge of all uncomplicated deliveries as well as of prenatal care, with the exception of the routine medical examinations that a doctor always carries out on a pregnant woman.1 Midwives are able to prescribe ...
exaly   +2 more sources

Climate policy instruments and industry—effects and potential responses in the Swedish context

Energy Policy, 2006
Efficient policy instruments for reducing the emission of greenhouse gases are essential for the realization of a successful climate policy. General economic policy instruments have the potential for providing efficient emission reduction as they equalise marginal costs for emission reduction between different actors. They also provide incentives for a
Bengt Johansson
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Establishing a Swedish Instrument Measuring Hope

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 1993
Hope has been identified as an important component for individuals coping with stress in life‐threatening situations. The purpose of this study was to establish a Swedish instrument measuring hope. The instrument is based on an American hope scale developed by J. F. Miller to measure hope in adults.
A, Jakobsson, K, Segesten, L, Nordholm, S, Oresland   +3 more
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Instrumental Distortions: Swedish Agricultural Policy

2002
During an international crisis securing the domestic supply of food is very important. Swedish agricultural policy during the postwar period provides a good example of how instrumental distortions (distortions that are deliberate policy measures) may be introduced into an economy to protect it against loss of the possibility of importing food.
Hans C. Blomqvist, Mats Lundahl
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Development of a language screening instrument for Swedish 4‐year‐olds

International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2018
AbstractBackgroundThe Swedish Program for health surveillance of preschool children includes screening of language and communication abilities. One important language screening is carried out at age 4 years as part of a general screening conducted by health nurses at child health centres. The instruments presently in use for this screening mainly focus
Ann, Lavesson, Martin, Lövdén, Kristina, Hansson   +2 more
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The Swedish version of Herth Hope Index – an instrument for palliative care

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 2003
The aim of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the Swedish version (HHI‐S) of the Herth Hope Index (HHI), developed by K. Herth. The HHI‐S is a 12‐item Likert scale, arranged with scores from 1 to 4, where 1 is ‘strongly disagree’ and 4 is ‘strongly agree’.
Eva, Benzein, Agneta, Berg
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Important variables for parents’ postnatal sense of security: evaluating a new Swedish instrument (the PPSS instrument)

Midwifery, 2009
to evaluate dimensions of both parents' postnatal sense of security the first week after childbirth, and to determine associations between the PPSS instrument and different sociodemographic and situational background variables.evaluative, cross-sectional design.113 mothers and 99 fathers with children live born at term, from five hospitals in southern ...
Eva K, Persson, Anna-Karin, Dykes
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