Reka Schweighoffer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4428707 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Reka Schweighoffer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Reka |
| FAMILY NAME | Schweighoffer |
| SIGNATURE | SCHWEIGHOFFER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4358-2517 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Navigating complex choices through legitimation: Narrative strategies in risk-reduction mastectomy decision-making among unaffected women with genetic risk for breast cancer in Switzerland
For unaffected women at high risk for developing breast cancer due to pathogenic variants in BRCA1 or BRCA2 (BRCA) genes, bilateral risk-reducing mastectomy (RRM) is an alternative to intensive surveillance. RRM reduces breast cancer risk but may generate additional health and psychosocial issues, making the choice between surveillance and RRM complex and personal. This grounded theory study explores how unaffected women carrying BRCA pathogenic …
Combining employment and care, and its health effects: The Experiences of Carers
This article presents results from a systematic literature review within the broader research framework of the ‘Combining Employment and Informal Care’ project. It integrates three key perspectives: a methodological emphasis on qualitative studies; a geographical-cultural focus on German-speaking countries; and an exploration of the health effects of combining employment and care. Eight relevant studies were identified. Key issues are: understand…
The relevance of the workplace for combining employment and informal care for older adults: Results of a systematic literature review
The significance of formal and informal supports and barriers on the company level for combining employment and informal care for older adults has rarely been investigated. This is one of the main findings of a systematic literature review. This systematic literature review elucidates what can be learned from research on practices that have been developed to maintain a sustainable work–care balance. Research indicates that firms have rarely activ…
Care Coordination in Palliative Home Care: Who Plays the Key Role
Findings indicated that there was considerable ambiguity of the key coordinator role. 1) Causal conditions of this phenomenon were; informality of professional roles and lack of communication between team members, 2) Consequences of this included; conflicting understandings of key coordinator role and family members feeling overburdened, 3) Strategies adopted by interviewees included; adapting or taking control of care coordination. These finding…
Care Coordination in Palliative Home Care: Who Plays the Key Role
Findings indicated that there was considerable ambiguity of the key coordinator role. 1) Causal conditions of this phenomenon were; informality of professional roles and lack of communication between team members, 2) Consequences of this included; conflicting understandings of key coordinator role and family members feeling overburdened, 3) Strategies adopted by interviewees included; adapting or taking control of care coordination. These finding…
Care Coordination in Palliative Home Care: Who Plays the Key Role
Findings indicated that there was considerable ambiguity of the key coordinator role. 1) Causal conditions of this phenomenon were; informality of professional roles and lack of communication between team members, 2) Consequences of this included; conflicting understandings of key coordinator role and family members feeling overburdened, 3) Strategies adopted by interviewees included; adapting or taking control of care coordination. These finding…
The relevance of the workplace for combining employment and informal care for older adults: Results of a systematic literature review
The significance of formal and informal supports and barriers on the company level for combining employment and informal care for older adults has rarely been investigated. This is one of the main findings of a systematic literature review. This systematic literature review elucidates what can be learned from research on practices that have been developed to maintain a sustainable work–care balance. Research indicates that firms have rarely activ…
Navigating complex choices through legitimation: Narrative strategies in risk-reduction mastectomy decision-making among unaffected women with genetic risk for breast cancer in Switzerland
For unaffected women at high risk for developing breast cancer due to pathogenic variants in BRCA1 or BRCA2 (BRCA) genes, bilateral risk-reducing mastectomy (RRM) is an alternative to intensive surveillance. RRM reduces breast cancer risk but may generate additional health and psychosocial issues, making the choice between surveillance and RRM complex and personal. This grounded theory study explores how unaffected women carrying BRCA pathogenic …
Combining employment and care, and its health effects: The Experiences of Carers
This article presents results from a systematic literature review within the broader research framework of the ‘Combining Employment and Informal Care’ project. It integrates three key perspectives: a methodological emphasis on qualitative studies; a geographical-cultural focus on German-speaking countries; and an exploration of the health effects of combining employment and care. Eight relevant studies were identified. Key issues are: understand…
Medicine (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Family Support in Illness (2 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (2 works) · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Art (1 works) · Balance (ability (1 works)