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    • Critical physiotherapy: a ten-year retrospective 

      Nicholls, D.A.; Ahlsen, Birgitte; Bjorbækmo, Wenche; Dahl-Michelsen, Tone; Hoppner, Heidi; Rajala, Anna Ilona; Richter, Robert; Hansen, Louise Søgaard; Sudmann, Tobba Therkildsen; Sviland, Randi; Maric, Filip (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2023-09-09)
      Critical physiotherapy has been a rapidly expanding field over the last decade and could now justifiably be called a professional sub-discipline. In this paper we define three different but somewhat interconnected critical positions that have emerged over the last decade that share a critique of physiotherapy’s historical approach to health and illness, while also diverging in the possibilities for ...
    • Re-traumatization of torture survivors during treatment in somatic healthcare services: A mapping review and appraisal of literature presenting clinical guidelines and recommendations to prevent re-traumatization 

      Schippert, Ana Carla Soares Portugal; Grov, Ellen Karine; Dahl-Michelsen, Tone; Silvola, Juha Tapio; Sparboe-Nilsen, Bente; Danielsen, Stein Ove; Lie, Irene; Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-25)
      Abstract Rationale The number of torture survivors is on the rise, posing issues for their care in healthcare settings. Even healthcare experts with training in refugee care are unaware of the health difficulties faced by torture survivors. Any medical evaluation or treatment has the potential to re-traumatize torture survivors, thereby reactivating trauma symptoms without applicable guidelines ...
    • Torture survivors’ experiences of receiving surgical treatment indicating retraumatization 

      Schippert, Ana Carla Soares Portugal; Dahl-Michelsen, Tone; Grov, Ellen Karine; Sparboe-Nilsen, Bente; Silvola, Juha Tapio; Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-10-17)
      Due to the invasive nature of surgical procedures and the involvement of medical personnel, torture survivors may experience re-traumatization during surgical treatment. This study aimed to explore torture survivors’ experiences of re-traumatization during surgical treatment as well as the process by which trauma-related emotions and responses are evoked during surgical treatment for torture ...