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More research from our department at the intersection of sociology and healthcare.
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Nurses’ perspectives on supporting patient participation in atrial fibrillation (AF) treatment: A study of communication patterns | Communication & Medicine Abstract This qualitative study explores nurses’ perspectives on consultations in the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim is to discover whether and how nurses support patient participation and how they talk about it. The data consist of transcribed interviews with ten nurses working in cardiac care at four Swedish hospitals. The analytical approach is a combination of content analysis and discourse analysis. The findings reveal the following interactive and communicative themes in supporting patient participation: Nurse's Routine Components: Routine interactions such as providing information during each visit, ensuring patient understanding, and encouraging active patient questions. Nurse's Knowledge-Based Contributions: Providing patients with knowledge about treatment options, their mechanisms, and the associated pros and cons. Nurses observe and address patient concerns, taking an active role in guiding patients through the AF treatment. Nurse's Intersubjective Alignment with the Patient: Forming genuine connections. This involves exchanging experiences, demonstrating empathy, and recognizing a shared humanity; accepting patients’ vulnerabilities, showing compassion, creating a safe space for expressing concerns; and allowing patients the necessary time to make decisions. All contribute to a person-centered approach involving patient participation. The study's communication-based approach offers useful insights for reflecting on how patient participation and the social values of nurses’ professional caring work within cardiology can be understood and developed as a caring communication activity type (CCAT).

More research from our department. A new study by Ulla Hellström Muhli and Eleni Siouta explores nurses’ perspectives on supporting patient participation in atrial fibrillation treatment. doi.org/10.3138/comm...
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⏰ Final reminder — ESHMS 2026 abstracts
Deadline: Sun 15 February

Join the Hamburg conference on Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty.

🔗 Details & submission: www.uke.de/english/depa...

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Research Visit Grant Winners - ESHMS 2026 Anneleen De Cuyper PhD researcher (Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) fellowship), Department of Sociology, University of Antwerp, Belgium Host institution for the research visit: University of...

🎉 Congrats to Anneleen De Cuyper (Univ. of Antwerp) on receiving a 2026 ESHMS Research Visit Grant!

Her visit to Univ. of Gothenburg will support research on sexual harassment in higher education using advanced modelling.

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📣 Reminder – Call for Abstracts

Submit your abstract to the ESHMS 2026 (Hamburg, 19–21 Aug).

Theme: Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty
🗓️ Deadline: 15 Feb 2026
🧑‍🎓 Early Career Workshop: 18 August 2026

🔗 Info & submission: www.uke.de/english/depa...

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Exclusionary and xenophobic speech in Swedish health care settings: the challenge of “language” Ability in the local national language is a central object for discourses that de/legitimise immigrants and shape ideas of social reality and social action. In the context of Swedish health care se...

Happy to start the new year by sharing interesting research from our department by @bradby.bsky.social : “Exclusionary and xenophobic speech in Swedish health care settings: the challenge of ‘language’.” doi.org/10.1080/1035...
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📣 Call for Abstracts – ESHMS 2026

Submit your work to the ESHMS Conference in Hamburg (19–21 Aug 2026), themed Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty.

🗓️ Deadline: 15 Feb 2026

🔗 Info + submission: www.uke.de/english/depa...

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📣 Reminder: ESHMS Research Visit Grants 2026

Up to €1,000 for research visits abroad in health & medical sociology.

🗓️ Deadline: 30 Nov 2025

Open to ESHMS members; early-career researchers prioritised.

📩 alice.scavarda@unito.it

🔗 eshms.eu

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🎓 Call for Applications!

ESHMS offers Research Visit Grants 2026 – up to €1,000 for travel & accommodation to support international collaboration in health & medical sociology.

🗓️ Deadline: 30 Nov 2025
📩 alice.scavarda@unito.it
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📢 Reminder!

The deadline for session proposals for the European Society of Health and Medical Sociology 2026 Conference (Hamburg, 19–21 Aug) is 31 Oct 2025 ⏰

Theme: Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty

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Workshops - ESHMS 2025 Early Career WorkshopQualitative Methods in Health Research 3-4June2025Campus Luigi Einaudi, Torino-Italy The European Society of Health and Medical Sociology is pleased to announce its midterm E...

📢 PhD students & early career researchers—apply for the ESHMS Early Career Workshop on Qualitative Methods in Health Research!

📍 Torino | 📅 3–4 June 2025
📩 Apply by 20 April to: alice.scavarda@unito.it

🔗 Info: eshms.eu/workshops

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📢 Call for Applications!

PhD students & early career researchers—apply for the ESHMS Early Career Workshop on Qualitative Methods in Health Research!

📅 3-4 June 2025 | 📍 Torino, Italy
📩 Apply by March 30

🔗 More info: Alice Scavarda: alice.scavarda@unito.it

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An academic in the land of podcasts: notes on a journey into creating health sociological audio content - ESHMS A health sociology academic explores creating a podcast for disseminating the results of their work.

🎙️ New blog post! Explore an academic's journey into podcasting to disseminate health sociology research. Discover insights on creating engaging audio content to reach broader audiences.
🔗 Read here: eshms.eu/voices-hs-vo...
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