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Pär Salander
Research qualifications:
Docent
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par.salander@umu.se
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Professor emeritus
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Department of Social Work
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Samhällsvetarhuset, plan 5, Biblioteksgränd 4
Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå
Publications
Publications
Research
Research
2023
Two sides of the same coin: Oncology social workers’ experiences of their working life and its pros and cons
Nordic Social Work Research
, Routledge 2023, Vol. 13, (2) : 267-279
Lilliehorn, Sara; Isaksson, Joakim; Salander, Pär
2019
Next of kin's motives for psychosocial consultation: Oncology social workers' perceptions of 54 next of kin cases
Psycho-Oncology
, John Wiley & Sons 2019, Vol. 28, (1) : 154-159
Isaksson, Joakim; Lilliehorn, Sara; Salander, Pär
2019
What does an oncology social worker deal with in patient consultations?: An empirical study
Social work in health care
, Taylor & Francis 2019, Vol. 58, (5) : 494-508
Lilliehorn, Sara; Isaksson, Joakim; Salander, Pär
2019
Communication training in oncology needs a theoretical framework
Annals of Oncology
, Oxford University Press 2019, Vol. 30, (5) : 853-853
Salander, Pär
2018
Cancer patients' motives for psychosocial consultation: Oncology social workers' perceptions of 226 patient cases
Psycho-Oncology
, John Wiley & Sons 2018, Vol. 27, (4) : 1180-1184
Isaksson, Joakim; Lilliehorn, Sara; Salander, Pär
2018
Living at a residency away from home during radiotherapy as narrated by 52 patients with breast cancer: a cage of safety and discomfort
Disability and Rehabilitation
, Taylor & Francis 2018, Vol. 40, (4) : 450-456
Lilliehorn, Sara; Salander, Pär
2018
"Spirituality" hardly facilitates our understanding of existential distress - but "everyday life" might
Psycho-Oncology
, John Wiley & Sons 2018, Vol. 27, (11) : 2654-2656
Salander, Pär
2018
Kuratorsfunktionen i svensk cancersjukvård: en nationell genomlysning
Omsorg: Nordisk tidsskrift for Palliativ Medisin
, Fagbokforlaget 2018, (3) : 62-65
Salander, Pär; Isaksson, Joakim; Lilliehorn, Sara
2017
Cancer patients' experiences with nature: Normalizing dichotomous realities
Social Science and Medicine
, Vol. 172 : 107-114
Blaschke, Sarah; O'Callaghan, Clare; Schofield, Penelope; et al.
2017
A nationwide study of Swedish oncology social workers: Characteristics, clinical functions and perceived barriers to optimal functioning
Social work in health care
, Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis 2017, Vol. 56, (7) : 600-614
Isaksson, Joakim; Lilliehorn, Sara; Salander, Pär
2017
The role and function of Swedish oncology social workers
Psycho-Oncology
, John Wiley & Sons 2017, Vol. 26 : 67-67
Isaksson, Joakim; Lilliehorn, Sara; Salander, Pär
2017
Social work in oncology: an empirical study of patient contacts during a 12‐month period
Psycho-Oncology
, John Wiley & Sons 2017, Vol. 26 : 66-67
Lilliehorn, Sara; Isaksson, Joakim; Salander, Pär
2017
Patients with cancer react differently: training in breaking bad news can therefore not be reduced to learning pre-defined behaviours
Patient Education and Counseling
, Clare: Elsevier 2017, Vol. 100, (10) : 1955-1956
Salander, Pär
2017
Does advocating screening for distress in cancer rest more on ideology than on science?
Patient Education and Counseling
, Vol. 100, (5) : 858-860
Salander, Pär
2017
Skilled statistics cannot ove rcome the absence of a meaningful design
Psycho-Oncology
, Vol. 26, (2) : 286-286
Salander, Pär
2017
Patients with cancer react differently - Training in breaking bad news can therefore not be reduced to learning pre-defined behaviours
Patient Education and Counseling
, ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD 2017, Vol. 100, (10) : 1955-1956
Salander, Pär
2017
To carry on as before: A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies in lung cancer
Psycho-Oncology
, WILEY 2017, Vol. 26 : 81-82
Salander, Pär; Lilliehorn, Sara
2016
Different transitions in returning to everyday life for patients with head and neck cancer: a qualitative prospective study
Psycho-Oncology
, Vol. 25, (SP. S3) : 95-95
Isaksson, Joakim; Salander, Pär; Lilliehorn, Sara; et al.
2016
Living an everyday life with head and neck cancer 2-2.5 years post-diagnosis: a qualitative prospective study of 56 patients
Social Science and Medicine
, Elsevier 2016, Vol. 154 : 54-61
Isaksson, Joakim; Salander, Pär; Lilliehorn, Sara; et al.
2016
Repeating what is already known without increasing understanding is a waste of resources
Palliative & Supportive Care
, New York: Cambridge University Press 2016, Vol. 14, (4) : 319-320
Salander, Pär
2016
Everyday life as a bridge over troubled water
Psycho-Oncology
, John Wiley & Sons 2016, Vol. 25, (3) : 347-348
Salander, Pär
2016
Motives that head and neck cancer patients have for contacting a specialist nurse: an empirical study
Journal of Clinical Nursing
, Wiley-Blackwell 2016, Vol. 25, (21-22) : 3160-3166
Salander, Pär; Isaksson, Joakim; Granström, Brith; et al.
2016
A nationwide study of the function of the social worker in cancer care and rehabilitation: the present status and prospects for the future
Psycho-Oncology
, John Wiley & Sons 2016, Vol. 25, (S3) : 94-
Salander, Pär; Isaksson, Joakim; Lilliehorn, Sara
2016
To carry on as before: a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies in lung cancer
Lung Cancer
, Vol. 99 : 88-93
Salander, Pär; Lilliehorn, Sara
2016
Rehabilitation of patients with glioma
The handbook of clinical neurology: vol. 134, Gliomas
, Elsevier 2016 : 287-304
Vargo, Mary; Henriksson, Roger; Salander, Pär
2015
Introduction: A critical discussion on the concept of spirituality in research on health
Coping with cancer in Sweden: a search for meaning
, Uppsala: Uppsala University Library 2015 : 13-27
Salander, Pär
2015
Scientific rigour is far more than a matter of sample size
Supportive Care in Cancer
, Vol. 23, (4) : 901-902
Salander, Pär
2015
Whether 'spirituality' can be a meaningful concept is still open to question
Palliative & Supportive Care
, Cambridge University Press 2015, Vol. 13, (01) : 101-102
Salander, Pär
2014
Critical incidents reveal how patients with head and neck cancer construct their 'secure base' as a 'helping system'
Journal of psychosocial oncology
, Taylor & Francis 2014, Vol. 32, (3) : 322-341
Isaksson, Joakim; Salander, Pär; Granström, Brith; et al.
2014
Why promote 'spirituality' uncritically?
European Journal of Cancer Care
, Wiley-Blackwell 2014, Vol. 23, (6) : 819-820
Salander, Pär
2014
Including physiological variables in studies might confuse more than clarify
Patient Education and Counseling
, Elsevier 2014, Vol. 94, (1) : 140-140
Salander, Pär
2014
"Increasing value and reducing waste” in psychosocial research demands more efforts in scrutinizing study designs
Psycho-Oncology
, Wiley-Blackwell 2014, Vol. 23, (12) : 1439-1440
Salander, Pär
2014
The creation of hope in patients with lung cancer
Psycho-Oncology
, Vol. 23, (S3) : 373-374
Salander, Pär; Bergknut, Mirjam; Henriksson, Roger
2014
The creation of hope in patients with lung cancer
Acta Oncologica
, Informa Healthcare 2014, Vol. 53, (9) : 1205-1211
Salander, Pär; Bergknut, Mirjam; Henriksson, Roger
2014
Why 'spirituality' instead of 'the humanistic side of medicine'?
Academic Medicine
, Vol. 89, (11) : 1430-
Salander, Pär; Hamberg, Katarina
2014
Why "spirituality" instead of "the humanistic side of medicine"?
Academic Medicine
, Vol. 89, (11) : 1430-1430
Salander, Pär; Hamberg, Katarina
2014
Why 'spirituality' instead of 'the humanistic side of medicine'?
Academic Medicine
, Association of American Medical Colleges 2014, Vol. 89, (11) : 1430-
Salander, Pär; Hamberg, Katarina
2014
How patients make use of a specialist nurse function in head and neck cancer: an empirical study
Psycho-Oncology
, John Wiley & Sons 2014, Vol. 23, (Special issue S3) : 159-
Salander, Pär; Isaksson, Joakim; Granström, Brith; et al.
2014
A Balint-inspired reflective forum in oncology for medical residents: Main themes during seven years
Patient Education and Counseling
, Vol. 97, (1) : 47-51
Salander, Pär; Sandström, Maria
2013
Using patients' narratives to reveal gender stereotypes among medical students
Academic Medicine
, Vol. 88, (7) : 1015-1021
Andersson, Jenny; Salander, Pär; Hamberg, Katarina
2013
Aspects of body image after mastectomy due to breast cancer: a two-year follow up study
European Journal of Oncology Nursing
, Elsevier 2013, Vol. 17, (3) : 340-345
Fallbjörk, Ulrika; Rasmussen, Birgit H; Karlsson, Stig; et al.
2013
Patients with head and neck cancer narrate the importance of being included in a helping system
Psycho-Oncology: Abstracts of the IPOS 15th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, 4–8 November 2013, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
, John Wiley & Sons 2013 : 63-63
Isaksson, Joakim; Salander, Pär; Granström, Brith; et al.
2013
Meaning of work and the returning process after breast cancer: a longitudinal study of 56 women
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
, Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell 2013, Vol. 27, (2) : 267-274
Lilliehorn, Sara; Hamberg, Katarina; Kero, Anneli; et al.
2013
Breast Cancer Experience Through the Body: A Consecutive, Six-Year Longitudinal Study of 24 Women
Psycho-Oncology
, John Wiley & Sons 2013, Vol. 22 : 334-334
Lilliehorn, Sara; Kero, Anneli; Hamberg, Katarina; et al.
2013
Kejsarens nya kläder: "Spirituality" - ett begrepp byggt på tveksam världsbild och cirkulära fynd
Svensk Palliativ Tidskrift
, (1) : 26-28
Salander, Pär
2013
Statistical efficiency cannot save a study without a meaningful hypothesis
Psycho-Oncology
, Vol. 22, (9) : 2156-2156
Salander, Pär
2013
We should be more attentive and critically scrutinize the philosophical assumptions included in study designs
Patient Education and Counseling
, Elsevier 2013, Vol. 92, (2) : 281-282
Salander, Pär
2013
Giving Nicknames to Colleagues Does not Belong to Ethics in the Scientific Community
Archive for the Psychology of Religion/ Archiv für Religionspsychologie
, Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers 2013, Vol. 35, (1) : 147-148
Salander, Pär
2012
From "no big deal" to "losing oneself": different meanings of mastectomy
Cancer Nursing
, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2012, Vol. 35, (5) : E41-E48
Fallbjörk, Ulrika; Salander, Pär; Rasmussen, Birgit H
2012
The Emperor's new clothes: Spirituality: a concept based on questionable ontology and circular findings
Archive for the Psychology of Religion/ Archiv für Religionspsychologie
, Brill Academic Publishers 2012, Vol. 34, (1) : 17-32
Salander, Pär
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