Barbara Domajnko
University of Ljubljana
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Journal of Health Organisation and Management | 2015
Matic Kavčič; Majda Pahor; Barbara Domajnko
PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to report on current developments in user involvement in healthcare in Slovenia and to explore the issue from the macro-, mezzo- and micro-levels. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH User involvement is first contextualised within history of the organisation of healthcare system, from its socialist past through to its post-transitional developments. Second, user involvement is tracked through an analysis of healthcare policies and legislation as well as at its institutional and organisational levels. Finally, user involvement practices are illustrated from the perspective of individual patients. A descriptive and exploratory case study design was employed, including a literature review, document analysis and qualitative thematic analysis of nine in-depth and four semi-structured interviews. FINDINGS The findings reveal a complex and at times ambivalent picture in which user involvement is still not firmly embedded into the healthcare system, despite being generally accepted. ORIGINALITY/VALUE No systematic qualitative research of patient involvement in Slovenia has previously been published. This research will establish a basis for further investigations of the topic.
Midwifery | 2011
Barbara Domajnko; Zalka Drglin; Majda Pahor
OBJECTIVE this article argues that rhetorical skills are an important quality factor of midwifery care. In particular, it aims to identify and discuss the relevance of three classical means of persuasion: ethos, pathos and logos. DESIGN secondary analysis, rhetorical analysis of semi-structured interviews. SETTING Slovenia. Interviews were carried out predominantly in 2006. Data refer to childbirths in 2005 and 2006. PARTICIPANTS four women with recent experience of childbirth. FINDINGS analysis identified the presence of all three means of persuasion in the interaction between midwives and women. Focusing on midwives, the quality of their awareness and command of rhetorical skills remains questionable. In particular, women experienced lack of a rational account of the situation and decisions made by health-care professionals involved in maternity care. KEY CONCLUSIONS acknowledging professional ethics, awareness and good command of all three means of persuasion [but above all, argumentative persuasion (logos)] is an integral component of midwifery care. It can contribute to collaborative relations between midwives and women, and thus promote women-centred midwifery care. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE knowledge of the three classical rhetorical means of persuasion should be integrated into professional midwifery curricula.
Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation | 2018
Marija Tomšič; Barbara Domajnko; Melita Zajc
Abstract Background Through the concept of ageism, we highlight and explain how the society prejudices the elderly. WHO classifies 12 most common stereotypes pertaining to old age. Elderly people are being excluded from social life due to their chronological age rather than any actual reduced physical and/or mental ability. Some of these stereotypes are directly related to the (un)willingness and the ability of the elderly to use technology in everyday life. Objectives The study presented in this article aims to explain the phenomenon of technology use among elderly people who had had a stroke. Method A qualitative study, namely a qualitative content analysis, was performed. Six in-depth interviews with older people who have suffered a stroke were conducted and explored their views on the daily use of technology. Results All older people included in this study used different technologies, which have been divided into technologies that support mobility, technologies for personal care, technologies that support household chores, and technologies for maintaining a social network. An elderly person’s attitude toward the use of technology is connected to their social network and assistance from professional staff, as well as the severity of their physical disability. We have found that using various technologies, elderly people are developing various coping strategies. Conclusions After a stroke, a certain degree of physical deterioration can be expected. Nonetheless, our participants managed to compensate for this also with the help of assistive devices and technologies, which negates the myth of simply “surrendering” to the aging process.
Archive | 2006
Majda Pahor; Barbara Domajnko; Valentina Hlebec
Demographic trends in Slovenia follow the same pattern as in other developed countries: for the last twenty years they have showed birth rates decreased by almost 50 per cent, and a constantly increasing number of older citizens (Jakos, 2002). At the moment, there are 14.6 % of people above 65 (Selb-Semerl et al, 2004) and according to a demographic projection, it is expected that older people will represent approximately 16.5 % of the total population in 2020 (Jakos, 1999). This trend is reported to be on the rapid increase – in the year 2040 the calculations for Slovenia predict 30% of the population to be older people than 65 years of age (Hvalic Touzery, 2005). With respect to gender there is a noticeable misbalance especially in the oldest old stage of life, the majority of the old people being women.
Slovenian Nursing Review | 2015
Majda Pahor; Barbara Domajnko; Elisabeth Lindahl
Ageing International | 2015
Barbara Domajnko; Majda Pahor
Archive | 2013
Valentina Hlebec; Maša Filipovič Hrast; Sonja Kump; Sabina Jelenc-Krašovec; Majda Pahor; Barbara Domajnko
Ageing International | 2008
Majda Pahor; Barbara Domajnko
Archive | 2015
Majda Pahor; Barbara Domajnko; Elisabeth Lindahl
Archive | 2009
Barbara Domajnko; Majda Pahor