Lennart Nordenfelt
Biographic Data
| ID | 3485419 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lennart Nordenfelt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lennart |
| FAMILY NAME | Nordenfelt |
| SIGNATURE | NORDENFELT L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Linköping University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4761-8003 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Care of the older person and the value of human dignity
As the world population is rapidly aging, stakeholders must address the care of the elderly with great concern. Also, loss of dignity is often associated with aging due to dementia, mobility problems and diminished functional autonomy. However, dignity is a polysemic term that is deemed useless by some ethicists. To counter this claim, we propose four concepts to define it better and make use accurately of this notion. These are human dignity, di…
The Association of Immigrant- and Non-Immigrant-Specific Factors With Mental Ill Health Among Immigrants in Sweden
Background: It has often been shown that immigrants are particularly at risk for mental ill health. The aim of the study was to investigate the association of immigrant- and non-immigrant-specific factors with mental ill health within a diverse immigrant population. Method: An extensive questionnaire was sent out to a stratified random sample of three immigrant populations from Finland, Iraq and Iran. The 720 respondents completed a Swedish, Arab…
Ethical and Methodological Issues in Interviewing Persons With Dementia
People with dementia have previously not been active participants in research, with ethical difficulties often being cited as the reason for this. A wider inclusion of people with dementia in research raises several ethical and methodological challenges. This article adds to the emerging debate by reflecting on the ethical and methodological issues raised during an interview study involving people with dementia and their spouses. The study sought…
The concepts of health and illness revisited
Concepts and Measurement of Quality of Life in Health Care
Health and disease
Is there a philosopher's approach to the concepts of health and disease? Are there any particularly philosophical concepts concerning medical affairs? What point could there be in the existence of such concepts? These questions seem to be well motivated by the title of this paper. What use can a scholarly and humanistic discipline be to a rapidly expanding science such as medicine? Let us first notice that the relation between medicine and philos…
Comments on Pörn’s ‘An Equilibrium Model of Health’
On the Circle of Health
Health, Disease, and Causal Explanations in Medicine
The concepts of health and illness revisited
Health and disease
Is there a philosopher's approach to the concepts of health and disease? Are there any particularly philosophical concepts concerning medical affairs? What point could there be in the existence of such concepts? These questions seem to be well motivated by the title of this paper. What use can a scholarly and humanistic discipline be to a rapidly expanding science such as medicine? Let us first notice that the relation between medicine and philos…
Comments on Pörn’s ‘An Equilibrium Model of Health’
On the Circle of Health
Health, Disease, and Causal Explanations in Medicine
Health and disease
Is there a philosopher's approach to the concepts of health and disease? Are there any particularly philosophical concepts concerning medical affairs? What point could there be in the existence of such concepts? These questions seem to be well motivated by the title of this paper. What use can a scholarly and humanistic discipline be to a rapidly expanding science such as medicine? Let us first notice that the relation between medicine and philos…
Concepts and Measurement of Quality of Life in Health Care
The concepts of health and illness revisited
Ethical and Methodological Issues in Interviewing Persons With Dementia
People with dementia have previously not been active participants in research, with ethical difficulties often being cited as the reason for this. A wider inclusion of people with dementia in research raises several ethical and methodological challenges. This article adds to the emerging debate by reflecting on the ethical and methodological issues raised during an interview study involving people with dementia and their spouses. The study sought…
The Association of Immigrant- and Non-Immigrant-Specific Factors With Mental Ill Health Among Immigrants in Sweden
Background: It has often been shown that immigrants are particularly at risk for mental ill health. The aim of the study was to investigate the association of immigrant- and non-immigrant-specific factors with mental ill health within a diverse immigrant population. Method: An extensive questionnaire was sent out to a stratified random sample of three immigrant populations from Finland, Iraq and Iran. The 720 respondents completed a Swedish, Arab…
Care of the older person and the value of human dignity
As the world population is rapidly aging, stakeholders must address the care of the elderly with great concern. Also, loss of dignity is often associated with aging due to dementia, mobility problems and diminished functional autonomy. However, dignity is a polysemic term that is deemed useless by some ethicists. To counter this claim, we propose four concepts to define it better and make use accurately of this notion. These are human dignity, di…
Epistemology (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Mental Health and Psychiatry (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Disease (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Alternative medicine (2 works) · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (2 works) · Dementia (2 works)