• Belastende livserfaringer blant pasienter med sykelig overvekt 

      Stranden, Elin; Gundersen, Ida Foyn; Getz, Linn Okkenhaug; Kirkengen, Anna Luise; Hagen, Kai Brynjar; Mjølstad, Bente Prytz (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      BAKGRUNN Sammenhenger mellom sterkt belastende livserfaringer og sykelig overvekt er godt dokumentert internasjonalt, men kunnskapen er lite innarbeidet i norsk klinisk praksis. Vi har undersøkt hva et utvalg norske ...
    • Biology and experience intertwined - trauma, neglect and physical health 

      Kirkengen, Anna Luise; Lynch, Johanna (Chapter, 2019)
    • Creating chronicity 

      Kirkengen, Anna Luise (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      An authentic sickness history is the vantage point for juxtaposing a biomedical and a biographical-phenomenological reading. What, in a biomedical framework, appears to be a longstanding state of comorbidity of different ...
    • Does ‘existential unease’ predict adult multimorbidity? Analytical cohort study on embodiment based on the Norwegian HUNT population 

      Tomasdottir, Margret Olafia; Sigurdsson, Johann Agust; Petursson, Halfdan; Kirkengen, Anna Luise; Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund; Hetlevik, Irene; Getz, Linn Okkenhaug (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Objectives: Multimorbidity is prevalent, and knowledge regarding its aetiology is limited. The general pathogenic impact of adverse life experiences, comprising a wide-ranging typology, is well documented and coherent with ...
    • En syk kilde 

      Kirkengen, Anna Luise (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      «A well» er ifølge ordboken både en bølge, en kilde, en brønn og en beholder i bunnen av et rom, en bygning, et skip. Ordet bør her forstås så vel konkret som symbolsk og metaforisk og assosieres med både medisinsk historie ...
    • From wholes to fragments to wholes-what gets lost in translation? 

      Kirkengen, Anna Luise (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The highly demanding and, in a certain sense, unique, working conditions of general practitioners (GPs) are characterized by two phenomena: First, they involve an increasing familiarity with individual patients over time, ...
    • “I base my life on sadness”: Apparently paradoxical sources of resilience among young Haitians 

      Andreassen, Kristine Elvevold; Kirkengen, Anna Luise; Johansen, May Lill (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Haitian expressions of resilience also hold deep knowledge of human vulnerability. This longitudinal, qualitative study with young Haitians from urban shantytowns combines ethnographic and participatory methods to explore ...
    • 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 ...
    • Krisebevissthet og medisinsk leseevne 

      Eriksen, Thor Eirik; Ekeland, Tor Johan; Getz, Linn Okkenhaug; Sørbø, Jan Inge; Ulvestad, Elling; Vetlesen, Arne Johan; Kirkengen, Anna Luise (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Faget medisin har gradvis blitt mer avhengig av teknologi på måter som forsterker objektiveringen av mennesket. For pasienten handler dette i økende grad om å bli isolert fra en større kontekst og delt i fragmenter. Vi ...
    • Leadership practice as interaction in primary care emergency team training 

      Brandstorp, Helen; Kirkengen, Anna Luise; Sterud, Birgitte; Haugland, Bjørgun; Halvorsen, Peder Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      The present study, framed as critical action research, aimed at contributing to the improvement of training emergency teams in primary care. The first author was a participating observer in local simulation sessions performed ...
    • Primary care emergency team training in situ means learning in real context 

      Brandstorp, Helen; Halvorsen, Peder Andreas; Sterud, Birgitte; Haugland, Bjørgun; Kirkengen, Anna Luise (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Objective: The purpose of our study was to explore the local learning processes and to improve in situ team training in the primary care emergency teams with a focus on interaction. Design, setting and subjects: As ...
    • 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 ...
    • Training interaction in primary care emergency teams: the role of the patient 

      Brandstorp, Helen; Kirkengen, Anna Luise; Halvorsen, Peder Andreas; Sterud, Birgitte; Haugland, Bjørgun (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
    • 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 ...