Nurses' views of shared leadership in ICU: a case study.

New management models develop; one of them is shared leadership where two nurse managers share tasks and responsibility for a unit. The overall aim of this study was to describe the view of the staff about shared leadership at an ICU in Sweden and to study if there were any differences in perceptions between staff groups. This unit had changed the management organisation from single leadership (one nurse manager) to shared leadership (two nurse managers).

Is patient responsibility for managing musculoskeletal disorders related to self-reported better outcome of physiotherapy treatment?

Musculoskeletal disorders are prevalent and a major burden on individuals and society. Information on relationships of patient involvement and responsibility to outcome is limited. This study aimed to explore relationships between self-reported outcome of physiotherapy treatment and attitudes toward responsibility for musculoskeletal disorders.

Patients' views on responsibility for the management of musculoskeletal disorders--a qualitative study.

Background: Musculoskeletal disorders are very common and almost inevitable in an individual's lifetime. Enabling self-management and allowing the individual to take responsibility for care is stated as desired in the management of these disorders, but this may be asking more than people can generally manage. A willingness among people to take responsibility for musculoskeletal disorders and not place responsibility out of their hands or on employers but to be shared with medical professionals has been shown.

Experiences of Kurdish war-wounded refugees in communication with Swedish authorities through interpreter.

Objective: To study experiences of war-wounded Kurdish refugees with respect to cross-cultural communication through interpreters.

Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten men, aged 31-42. Content analysis was used for analysis and interpretation of data.

Responsibility for managing musculoskeletal disorders--a cross-sectional postal survey of attitudes.

Background: Musculoskeletal disorders are a major burden on individuals, health systems and social care systems and rehabilitation efforts in these disorders are considerable. Self-care is often considered a cost effective treatment alternative owing to limited health care resources. But what are the expectations and attitudes in this question in the general population? The purpose of this study was to describe general attitudes to responsibility for the management of musculoskeletal disorders and to explore associations between attitudes and background variables.