Anthroposophic health care in Sweden - a patient evaluation.

This study surveyed patients and their satisfaction with an integrative anthroposophic hospital. The patients were followed up by questionnaires up to six months after a stay in a Swedish clinic. Satisfaction with the care, life satisfaction, and health-related quality of life were measured for 53 patients, 48 women, 5 men, with cancer, pain diseases, and psychosomatic problems.

Burnout as an existential deficiency--lived experiences of burnout sufferers.

Aiming at a deeper and existential understanding of burnout, by looking especially at the patterns of health, suffering and expressions of understanding of life in a longitudinal perspective, qualitative data from 18 Swedish women and men were analysed. Burnout as an illness has been subject to constant questioning during its incidence in western societies. Yet it is generally agreed that people afflicted by burnout experience huge problems and suffering.