Tag Archives: #blogg100

Fragmentation of care and patient safety

My father does not have diabetes. He has stage 4 kidney cancer though, and has been eating Afinitor for a few weeks. A frequent side effect of the medication is a rise in blood glucouse – which should therefore be monitored. His cancer … Continue reading

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Do new mothers doing a PhD get enough support?

That’s the question asked in a piece on the Times Higher Education web site. I was actually interviewed over the phone for this article, since the author had read my post on PhD parenting! I have a couple of comments … Continue reading

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Navigating unknown cancer waters

I downloaded this report “På okänt cancervatten” a while ago, but I’ve only been able to read short sections at a time. Not because I haven’t had time to (which is otherwise a common reason for my fragmented reading habits) … Continue reading

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An alternative career

You know how an academic career can be quite uncertain, dependant on short term contracts and hard to obtain research funding? So you need a plan B. This is mine – I’m an excellent travel organizer. If anyone would be … Continue reading

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Heels for height and authority – really?

Working from home again today and I took the opportunity to browse through the latest issue of Universitetsläraren – a publication from SULF, a union for researchers and university level educators. About half way through, I stumbled on an article … Continue reading

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Crisis information through social media

Today it’s hard to write a blog post that does not focus on the tragic events in Brussels. It’s hard to find the right words though – any words at all actually. But I will follow up on yesterdays blog … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, Twitter!

Apparently, Twitter turns 10 years today – and of course this deserves a blog post on it’s own. I joined twitter in september 2011 – and since then I’ve published 3320 tweets. Puh. I thought this post would be a … Continue reading

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