Browsing Institutt for helse og samfunn by Author "Magelssen, Morten"
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Egeland, Tone; Ruud, Tor Kristian; Hanevik, Hans Ivar; Magelssen, Morten (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Research question: How do Norwegian fertility doctors assess the parenting capacity of applicants, and how do they experience and evaluate the assessment practice? Design: Qualitative interview study with 14 Norwegian ...
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Haaland Barlaup, Astrid; Landsverk, Åse Marie; Myskja, Bjørn Kåre; Supphellen, Magne; Magelssen, Morten (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background The public’s attitudes to conscientious objection (CO) are likely to influence political decisions about CO and trust towards healthcare systems and providers. Few studies examine the public’s attitudes in ...
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Magelssen, Morten; Solberg, Berge; Supphellen, Magne; Haugen, Guttorm (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Norway’s liberal abortion law allows for abortion on social indications, yet access to screening for fetal abnormalities is restricted. Norwegian regulation of, and public discourse about prenatal ...
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Attitudes towards assisted dying are influenced by question wording and order: a survey experiment Magelssen, Morten; Supphellen, Magne; Nortvedt, Per; Materstvedt, Lars Johan (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background Surveys on attitudes towards assisted dying play an important role in informing public debate, policy and legislation. Unfortunately, surveys are often designed with insufficient attention to framing effects; ...
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Attitudes towards priority setting in the norwegian health care system: a general population survey Solberg, Carl T.; Tranvåg, Eirik J.; Magelssen, Morten (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background In an ideal world, everyone would receive medical resources in accordance with their needs. In reality, resources are often scarce and have an alternative use. Thus, we are forced to prioritize. ...
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Brøderud, Linn; Pedersen, Reidar; Magelssen, Morten (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background In several countries, district medical officers (DMOs) are public health experts with duties including infection control measures. The Norwegian DMOs have been key actors in the local handling ...
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Aarseth, Svein; Horn, Morten Andreas; Dahlberg, Jørgen; Magelssen, Morten (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Bakgrunn: Medisinske beslutninger når pasientens liv nærmer seg slutten, gir noen ganger opphav til etiske problemer. Formålet med studien var å kartlegge befolkningens kunnskaper og holdninger på feltet. Materiale og ...
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Bringedal, Berit; Isaksson Rø, Karin; Magelssen, Morten; Førde, Reidun; Aasland, Olaf G. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: We present and discuss the results of a Norwegian survey of medical doctors' views on potential ethical dilemmas in professional practice. Methods: The study was conducted in 2015 as a postal questionnaire to ...
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Hertzberg, Cecilie Knagenhjelm; Heggestad, Anne Kari Tolo; Magelssen, Morten (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Home-based care workers mainly work alone in the patient’s home. They encounter a diverse patient population with complex health issues. This inevitably leads to several ethical challenges. Aim The aim is ...
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Magelssen, Morten; Bærøe, Kristine (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Rationing and allocation decisions at the clinical level – bedside rationing – entail complex dilemmas that clinicians and managers often find difficult to handle. There is a lack of mechanisms and aids for ...
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Wikstøl, David; Horn, Morten A.; Pedersen, Reidar; Magelssen, Morten (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Decisions about appropriate treatment at the end of life are common in modern healthcare. Non-treatment decisions (NTDs), comprising both withdrawal and withholding of (potentially) life-prolonging ...
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Fredheim, Olav Magnus; Skulberg, Ingeborg M; Magelssen, Morten; Steine, Siri (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background The anesthetic propofol is often mentioned as a drug that can be used in palliative sedation. The existing literature of how to use propofol in palliative sedation is scarce, with lack of information about ...
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Magelssen, Morten; Karlsen, Heidi Marie (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Ought nursing homes to establish clinical ethics committees (CECs)? An answer to this question must begin with an understanding of how a clinical ethics committee might be beneficial in a nursing home context – ...
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Myskja, Bjørn K; Magelssen, Morten (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background In the debate on conscientious objection in healthcare, proponents of conscience rights often point to the imperative to protect the health professional’s moral integrity. Their opponents hold ...
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Conscientious objection to referrals for abortion: pragmatic solution or threat to women's rights? Nordberg, Eva M Kibsgaard; Skirbekk, Helge; Magelssen, Morten (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background Conscientious objection has spurred impassioned debate in many Western countries. Some Norwegian general practitioners (GPs) refuse to refer for abortion. Little is know about how the GPs carry out their refusals ...
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Magelssen, Morten; Karlsen, Heidi; Pedersen, Reidar; Thoresen, Lisbeth (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion, 2020)Correction to: BMC Med Ethics 2020, 21: 82 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-020-00522-1
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Karlsen, Heidi; Magelssen, Morten; Thoresen, Lisbeth (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Bakgrunn: Det er sjelden at pårørende og pasienter inviteres til å drøfte etisk vanskelige situasjoner i kommunale etikkomiteer. I vår studie deltok pårørende i 10 av 54 drøftinger, mens pasienter ikke deltok i noen. Hva ...
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Isaksson Rø, Karin; Magelssen, Morten; Bååthe, Fredrik; Miljeteig, Ingrid; Bringedal, Berit (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background The COVID-19 pandemic actualised the dilemma of how to balance physicians´ obligation to treat patients and their own perceived risk of being infected. To discuss this in a constructive way we ...
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Magelssen, Morten; Karlsen, Heidi Marie; Thoresen, Lisbeth (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Abstract Would primary care services benefit from the aid of a clinical ethics committee (CEC)? The implementation of CECs in primary care in four Norwegian municipalities was supported and their activities followed for ...
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Magelssen, Morten; Holmøy, Trygve; Horn, Morten Andreas; Fondenes, Ove; Dybwik, Knut Gustav; Førde, Reidun (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)The special nature of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and tracheostomy with invasive ventilation (TIV) leads to challenges that can be difficult in two senses: not only to handle well, but also to discuss with patients ...