• The meaning of dignity when the patients' bodies are falling apart 

      Bruun Lorentsen, Vibeke; Nåden, Dagfinn; Sæteren, Berit (Nursing Open;Volume 6, Issue 3, July 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-02)
      Background People with advanced cancer disease experience great bodily changes due to disease or treatment. They tend to feel ashamed when their bodies are subjected to such changes and they feel their dignity is ...
    • Understanding the Meaning of the Ambiguous Body - A Hermeneutic Concept Analysis of Flesh and Fleshly 

      Bruun Lorentsen, Vibeke; Nåden, Dagfinn; Sæteren, Berit (International Journal of Caring Sciences; VOLUME 12 ISSUE 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Background: When the body becomes sick it sends out signals that might be difficult to interpret for the suffering human being. If the patient has no concepts or language that helps him to understand what is going on in ...
    • Understanding the refugee-traumatised person. Semiotic and psychoanalytic perspectives 

      Rosenbaum, Bent; Jovic, Vladimir; Varvin, Sverre (Psychosozial;43. Jg., Nr. 161, Heft III, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      The current situation of refugees demands a redefinition of our understanding of the concept of psychological trauma. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) cannot be used to ac‐ count for the variety of posttraumatic ...