Blar i NTNU Open på forfatter "Getz, Linn"
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Body configuration as a predictor of mortality: Comparison of five anthropometric measures in a 12 year follow-up of the Norwegian HUNT 2 study
Petursson, Halfdan; Sigurdsson, Johann A; Bengtsson, Calle; Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund; Getz, Linn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011)Background: Distribution of body fat is more important than the amount of fat as a prognostic factor for life expectancy. Despite that, body mass index (BMI) still holds its status as the most used indicator of obesity in ... -
Current European guidelines for management of arterial hypertension: Are they adequate for use in primary care? Modelling study based on the Norwegian HUNT 2 population
Petursson, Halfdan; Getz, Linn; Sigurdsson, Johann Agust; Hetlevik, Irene (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)Background: Previous studies indicate that clinical guidelines using combined risk evaluation for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) may overestimate risk. The aim of this study was to model and discuss implementation of the ... -
Early prenatal screening in Iceland and Norway - Background and current situation
Fjose, Maria; Halle, Kristine Flo (Master thesis, 2017)Abstract In our project, the aim has been to explore early prenatal screening in Iceland and Norway. Seen from the outside, these two countries have a lot in common. They are both Nordic democratic welfare states, with ... -
Getting personal: Can systems medicine integrate scientific and humanistic conceptions of the patient?
Vogt, Henrik; Ulvestad, Elling; Eriksen, Thor Eirik; Getz, Linn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Rationale, aims and objectives The practicing doctor, and most obviously the primary care clinician who encounters the full complexity of patients, faces several fundamental but intrinsically related theoretical and ... -
Knowing patients as persons: Senior and Junior GPs explore a professional resource
Mjølstad, Bente Prytz; Kirkengen, Anna Luise; Getz, Linn; Hetlevik, Irene (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)As part of a research project exploring inter-professional communication in Norwegian healthcare, junior and senior general practitioners (GPs) participated in focus group interviews regarding the medical relevance of ... -
Self Reported Childhood Difficulties, Adult Multimorbidity and Allostatic Load. A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Norwegian HUNT Study
Tomasdottir, Margret Olafia; Sigurdsson, Johann Agust; Petursson, Halfdan; Kirkengen, Anna Luise; Krokstad, Steinar; McEwen, Bruce; Hetlevik, Irene; Getz, Linn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: Multimorbidity receives increasing scientific attention. So does the detrimental health impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACE). Aetiological pathways from ACE to complex disease burdens are under ... -
Standardization meets stories: contrasting perspectives on the needs of frail individuals at a rehabilitation unit
Mjølstad, Bente Prytz,; Kirkengen, Anna Luise; Getz, Linn; Hetlevik, Irene (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background: Repeated encounters over time enable general practitioners (GPs) to accumulate biomedical and biographical knowledge about their patients. A growing body of evidence documenting the medical relevance of lifetime ... -
Sustainable and responsible preventive medicine: Conceptualising ethical dilemmas arising from clinical implementation of advancing medical technology
Getz, Linn (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2006:113, Doctoral thesis, 2006)Background and setting Health care has become one of the most expansive activities in contemporary societies, and technology is one of its most influential factors. The modern medical-technological enterprise is however ... -
What Do GPs Actually Know About Their Patients As Persons?
Mjølstad, Bente Prytz; Kirkengen, Anna Luise; Getz, Linn; Hetlevik, Irene (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background and Aims: Life experience and existential circumstances have an impact on health. Within medicine, however, the significance to patient care of person-related, biographical knowledge receives only rudimentary ...