2024

The growing number of migrant patients in western countries calls for better cross-cultural competence among health providers. The aims of this study were to explore what clinical challenges International Medical Graduates (IMGs) and native-born Norwegian doctors training in psychiatry perceived when treating patients from other cultures.

Depression is one of the most frequent reasons for sick leave, whereas health authorities recommend a rather strict practice, arguing that work is health-promoting. We aimed to explore GPs’ attitudes and practices regarding sick leave certification for depressed patients.

The aims of this study were to survey burnout levels among ICU healthcare professionals during the first year of COVID-19, describe those who reported burnout, and analyse demographic and work-related factors associated with burnout.

Private health insurance is becoming more common in Norway. The aim of this study was to investigate GPs’ opinions on private health insurance, and their experiences from consultations where health insurance can affect decisions about referring.

This study explored and compared physicians' reported moral distress in 2004 and 2021 and identify factors that could be related to these responses.

The study investigated how general practitioners experience their patients' expectations and their own provision of depression care; further, how their depression care was associated with doctor- and practice-characteristics.

Value-based health care argues that health-care needs to re-focus to maximise value (quota when dividing the outcomes important for the patient, by the cost for health care to deliver such outcomes). This study explored the perception of value among different stakeholders involved in implementing VBHC at a Swedish hospital.

Suicide rates have been high in several health-care professions. Suicide rates were described in physicians, dentists, veterinarians, psychologists, pharmacists, nurses, as well as theologians, other graduates and the general population in Norway.

This paper provides an overview of similarities, practical challenges, and possible pitfalls in implementing complex occupational health psychology interventions within practice.