February 15, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Swedish_medical_association":
Science & Technology: 24 Sep 11
Sweden's Supreme Administrative Court is opening for doctors to recommend homeopathic cures for patients, sparking criticism from the Swedish Medical Association.
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Society: 9 Feb 11
A woman from Borås in western Sweden has filed a discrimination complaint against a health clinic after she was told to go back to Africa and get help from a medicine man for pain in her legs.
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Society: 12 Jan 11
Sweden has appointed a special elderly care coordinator to help address deficiencies in healthcare and other services the country provides its older residents.
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Science & Technology: 15 Oct 09
A Swedish study has shown that inserting a thermometer into a patient’s mouth or ear is not the most reliable way to determine whether or not someone has a fever.
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National: 30 Aug 09
Sweden is attracting an increasing number of physicians from abroad. Almost every other new medical license is granted to someone who was educated abroad.
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Science & Technology: 24 Jul 08
Malpractice fears have Swedish doctors spending an increasing amount of their time performing diagnoses which are not medically necessary, according to a new study.
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Society: 1 Jan 08
A pregnant woman who disappeared from her home in England last week could have come to Sweden to give birth to her child - to avoid having to give it up to British social services.
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Society: 7 Nov 07
Sweden's top medical university has said it cannot expel a man accepted onto its medicine course who later turned out to be a convicted murderer. The man could now become licensed as a doctor in Sweden without a formal criminal check being carried out.
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Society: 14 Aug 07
New national guidelines for sick leave have come under heavy criticism from a top government psychiatrist.
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Society: 26 Jul 07
A majority of hospitals in Sweden are breaking the working time regulations that allow doctors an 11 hour rest between shifts, according to the Swedish Medical Association.
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Science & Technology: 1 Dec 05
The Swedish Road Administration wants every car owner to contribute to the financing of traffic medicine centres, where doctors can send people they think might be medically unfit to drive.
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National: 30 Sep 05
Karolinska University Hospital is forced to cut 280 million kronor from its budget next year, leading to fears that the quality of healthcare in the Stockholm region will suffer as a result.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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