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Forfatterbidrag: Utforming av spørreundersøkelsen, analyse og fortolkning av data, utarbeiding og revisjon av manus samt godkjenning av innsendte manusversjon.
Karin Isaksson Rø er ph.d., spesialist i arbeidsmedisin og seniorforsker.
Articles by Karin Isaksson Rø
Attitudes to assisted dying among doctors in Norway
- Morten Magelssen,
- Berit H. Bringedal,
- Karin Isaksson Rø,
- Helene Seljenes Dalum
19.05.2025:
It is now standard practice to use the term assisted dying for both euthanasia and assisted suicide (1, 2). In this study, euthanasia is defined as a doctor intentionally causing a person's death by administering lethal drugs at the patient's request. Physician-assisted suicide refers to a doctor...
Generalist seeks a specialist
- Karin Isaksson Rø
13.05.2024:
A joint referral centre can make it more difficult for doctors to seek help. Hogne Sandvik et al. have carried out a study of general practitioners' (GPs) quest for help, which is published in the current edition of the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association (1). The study is particularly...
Why are doctors opting out of general practice?
- Cecilie Normann Birkeli,
- Judith Rosta,
- Olaf Gjerløw Aasland,
- Karin Isaksson Rø
30.03.2020:
There has been a prolonged focus on under-recruitment to general practice (1–7). In an evaluation undertaken in 2016 (8, 9), one in every four foundation doctors reported wanting to enter general practice. The need for new general practitioners (GPs), however, far exceeds this supply (2). Previous...
Medical students' attitudes and expectations for future working conditions
- Sander Kvammen Fimland,
- Andreas Sorte Kjenås,
- Karin Isaksson Rø,
- Margrethe Aase Schaufel
18.11.2019:
Norwegian hospital doctors have long reported a persistently high level of job satisfaction (1), but also long average working hours where hectic days, long shifts and exemptions from the Working Environment Act are the norm (2, 3). The doctors are being charged with an increasing number of new...
Work-home balance in two cohorts of Norwegian doctors
- Tuva Kolstad Hertzberg,
- Reidar Tyssen,
- Helge Skirbekk,
- Karin Isaksson Rø
24.06.2019:
In 2017, the doctors' duty to attend to their own health was included in the universal doctors' pledge (1). Taking care of one's own health becomes more difficult when conflicts arise between the doctor's role as a professional and as a private individual (2–5). A recent study discusses how the...
Doctors' attitudes to assisted dying
- Ole Marius Gaasø,
- Karin Isaksson Rø,
- Berit Bringedal,
- Morten Magelssen
14.01.2019:
Assisted dying is illegal in Norway, but surveys indicate that a majority of the population is in favour of legalisation (1). However, the issue of legalisation has not yet appeared on the political agenda. One reason for this could be that the traditional opposition to assisted dying among the...
Doctors as targets of unwanted sexual attention
- Karin Isaksson Rø,
- Ingrid Hjulstad Johansen,
- Judith Rosta
15.10.2018:
In the wake of the #MeToo online campaign, media reports about sexual harassment and unwanted sexual attention have shaken organisations and workplaces across the world (1). In December 2017, more than 3 600 women doctors and medical students signed a petition against unwanted sexual attention in...
Group supervision – an unmet need among specialty registrars
- Karin Isaksson Rø,
- Lasse Djerv,
- Turid Birgitte Boye,
- Øivind Ekeberg
01.10.2018:
Group supervision is a mandatory part of the training for specialty registrars. In this article we share some of our experience from group-based supervision in oncology. The new regulations for medical specialisations (LIS 2 and 3), due to come into force in March 2019, gives emphasis to clinical...