Academic article

• Gabriele Leonie Schwarz; Brit Ågot Sjøbø; Elisabeth Skaar et al. (2026). Intensive care under uncertainty: a qualitative study of how older patients and their relatives wish to contribute to decision-making. (external link)
• Paul K.J. Han; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Edvin Schei (2026). Shame among medical learners: An uncertainty-focused conception. (external link)
• Andrea Bruun; Pål Gulbrandsen; Øystein Fløtten et al. (2026). How doctors present treatment options in advanced lung cancer consultations: a conversation analytic study. (external link)
• Marie Bjørbak Alnæs; Anne Berit Guttormsen; Ingrid Terreehorst et al. (2025). Norwegian Anaesthesiologist's Perspectives on Perioperative Allergies and Penicillin Allergy Evaluations: A National Survey. (external link)
• Vilde Bruland Andresen; Wolfgang Schmid; Tarjei Låstad et al. (2025). “It was 15 minutes without pain” - a mixed methods pilot study on the implementation of music therapy for hospitalised patients with incurable lung disease. (external link)
• Gabriele Leonie Schwarz; Brit Ågot Sjøbø; Elisabeth Skaar et al. (2025). ‘I am old, and I will rather abandon life with my eyes open’: a qualitative study of Norwegians aged 80 and older explaining their intensive care unit admission preferences. (external link)
• Elisabeth Skaar; Leslie Sofia Pareja Eide; Tone M. Norekvål et al. (2019). A novel Geriatric Assessment frailty score predicts 2-year mortality after Transcatheter Aortic Valve implantation. (external link)
• Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Jan Erik Nordrehaug; Kirsti Malterud (2011). Hope in action - facing cardiac death: A qualitative study of patients with life-threatening disease. (external link)
• Nina Elisabeth Hjorth; Dagny Faksvåg Haugen; Margrethe Aase Schaufel (2018). Advance care planning in life-threatening pulmonary disease: a focus group study.. (external link)
• Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Jan Henrik Rosland; Dagny Renata Faksvåg Haugen (2024). The doctor’s presence created a safe space - a mixed methods study of students’ learning outcomes from an elective course in palliative medicine. (external link)
• Kristin J Fredriksen; Helle Kristine Schøyen; Jan Olav Johannessen et al. (2017). Psychotic depression and suicidal behavior. (external link)
• Nina Britt Fålun; Bengt Gotthard Anton Fridlund; Margrethe Aase Schaufel et al. (2016). Patients' goals, resources, and barriers to future change: A qualitative study of patient reflections at hospital discharge after myocardial infarction. (external link)
• Elisabeth Skaar; Anette Hylen Ranhoff; Jan Erik Nordrehaug et al. (2017). Conditions for autonomous choice: a qualitative study of older adults’ experience of decision-making in TAVR. (external link)
• Marit Irene Tuen Hansen; Dagny Faksvåg Haugen; Katrin Rut Sigurdardottir et al. (2020). Factors affecting quality of end-of-life hospital care - a qualitative analysis of free text comments from the i-CODE survey in Norway. (external link)
• Nina Elisabeth Hjorth; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Katrin Rut Sigurdardottir et al. (2020). Feasibility and acceptability of introducing advance care planning on a thoracic medicine inpatient ward: an exploratory mixed method study. (external link)
• Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Reidun Førde; Katrin Rut Sigurdardottir et al. (2024). Lungelegar sine erfaringar med lindrande sedering i livets sluttfase. (external link)
• Kristin J Fredriksen; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Jan Olav Johannessen et al. (2019). Preventing Suicide among Psychiatric Inpatients with Psychotic Depression. (external link)
• Emily Mclean; Kristine Husøy Onarheim; Elisabeth Schanche et al. (2022). Etiske dilemmaer for sykehjemsleger under covid-19-pandemien. (external link)
• Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Jan Erik Nordrehaug; Kirsti Malterud (2009). "So you think I'll survive?": a qualitative study about doctor-patient dialogues preceding high-risk cardiac surgery or intervention. (external link)
• Ingrid Miljeteig; Ingeborg Forthun; Karl Ove Hufthammer et al. (2021). Priority-setting dilemmas, moral distress and support experienced by nurses and physicians in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway. (external link)
• Anette Fosse; Sabine Ruths; Kirsti Malterud et al. (2017). Doctors’ learning experiences in end-of-life care – a focus group study from nursing homes. (external link)
• Kristian Jansen; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Sabine Ruths (2014). Drug treatment at the end of life: An epidemiologic study in nursing homes. (external link)
• Annabel Eide Ohldieck; Jan Erik Nordrehaug; Per Olav Vandvik et al. (2014). Implementation of transcatheter aortic valve insertion (TAVI) in clinical practice: An ethical analysis. (external link)
• Kristian Jansen; Sabine Ruths; Kirsti Malterud et al. (2016). The impact of existential vulnerability for nursing home doctors in end-of-life care: A focus group study. (external link)
• Victoria Schei; Anne Berit Guttormsen; Lina Sophie Toft Lernevall et al. (2025). Parental experiences, coping and the impact of Family Burn Camp after paediatric burn injury: A qualitative study. (external link)
• Marie Bjørbak Alnæs; Brita Skodvin; Jan Anker Jahnsen et al. (2024). “What if the patient has a severe reaction, and it is my fault?” A qualitative study exploring factors for sustainable implementation of penicillin allergy delabelling. (external link)
• Anette Fosse; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Sabine Ruths et al. (2014). End-of-life expectations and experiences among nursing home patients and their relatives — a synthesis of qualitative studies. (external link)
• Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Elisabeth Schanche; Kristine Husøy Onarheim et al. (2024). Stretching oneself too thin and facing ethical challenges: Healthcare professionals’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. (external link)
• Kjell Arne Johansson; Christian Ohldieck; Margrethe Aase et al. (2001). Skjebnezapping - medisinsk grunnopplæring, legestudenters dannelse og den etiske fordring. (external link)
• Anette Fosse; Sytse Zuidema; Froukje Boersma et al. (2017). Nursing home physicians’ assessments of barriers and strategies for end-of-life care in Norway and the Netherlands. (external link)
• Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Fabian Gärtner; Jorunn Brekke et al. (2024). En kvinne i 30-årene med forvirring. (external link)
• Janet Bakken; Aart Huurnink; Hilde Johannessen et al. (2024). Developing and Evaluating a Care Pathway for Improving Palliative Care in Western Norway. (external link)
• Silje Orstad; Øystein Fløtten; Tesfaye Madebo et al. (2023). “The challenge is the complexity” – A qualitative study about decision-making in advanced lung cancer treatment. (external link)
• Siri Dahl Aune; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Tiina Maarit Andersen et al. (2024). Experiences of individually tailored physical exercise in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a qualitative study. (external link)
• Elisabeth Skaar; Siri Rostoft; Alfonso Cruz-Jentoft et al. (2024). 'If you've lost your personality, there's no point in changing the valve'-a qualitative study of older adults' attitudes towards treatment of aortic stenosis with comorbid dementia. (external link)
• Margrethe Aase; Jan Erik Nordrehaug; Kirsti Malterud (2008). "If you cannot tolerate that risk, you should never become a physician": a qualitative study about existential experiences among physicians. (external link)
• Elisabeth Skaar; Anja Øksnes; Leslie S.P. Eide et al. (2020). Baseline frailty status and outcomes important for shared decision‑making in older adults receiving transcatheter aortic valve implantation, a prospective observational study. (external link)
• Sander Kvammen Fimland; Andreas Sorte Kjenås; Karin Isaksson Rø et al. (2019). Medisinstudenters holdninger og forventninger til fremtidige arbeidsvilkår. (external link)
• Gabriele Leonie Schwarz; Elisabeth Skaar; Ingrid Miljeteig et al. (2024). ICU Admission Preferences in the Hypothetical Event of Acute Critical Illness: A Survey of Very Old Norwegians and Their Next-of-Kins. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Ingeborg Forthun; Ingrid Miljeteig; Karl Ove Hufthammer et al. (2022). Priority-setting dilemmas, moral distress and support experienced by nurses and physicians in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway. (external link)
• Anette Fosse; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Sabine Ruths et al. (2014). Døden i sykehjem – pasienters og pårørendes tanker og forventninger. (external link)
• Anette Fosse; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Sabine Ruths et al. (2013). Patients' and relatives' thoughts about death. (external link)
• Anette Fosse; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Sabine Ruths et al. (2014). . End-of-life expectations and experiences among patients in long-term care institutions and their relatives. A synthesis of qualitative studies. (external link)
• Kristian Jansen; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Sabine Ruths (2013). Drug prescribing as part of end-of-life care. (external link)
• Kristian Jansen; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Sabine Ruths (2014). Drug prescribing for nursing home patients in their last days of life. (external link)
• Anette Fosse; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Sabine Ruths et al. (2014). Patients’ and relatives’ expectations and experiences regarding end-of-life in nursing homes – A meta-ethnography. (external link)
• Kristian Jansen; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Sabine Ruths (2016). Palliative drug treatment in life last days – prevalence and evidence base.. (external link)
• Kristian Jansen; Sabine Ruths; Kirsti Malterud et al. (2016). Doctors working with dying nursing home patients meet their own existential vulnerability.. (external link)
• Nina Elisabeth Hjorth; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Katrin Rut Sigurdardottir et al. (2019). Advance Care Planning with patients having advanced pulmonary disease – A qualitative study in a hospital setting in Western Norway. (external link)
• Anette Fosse; Sabine Ruths; Kirsti Malterud et al. (2016). How do young doctors' clinical experiences from nursing homes provide access to situated learning about dying? A focus group study. (external link)
• Nina Elisabeth Hjorth; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Katrin Rut Sigurdardottir et al. (2019). Healthcare professionals’ views on implementation of Advance Care Planning for patients with advanced pulmonary disease – a pilot study.. (external link)
• Anette Fosse; Kirsti Malterud; Margrethe Aase Schaufel et al. (2017). Barriers and strategies for end-of-life care in nursing homes in Norway and the Netherlands. (external link)
• Nina Elisabeth Hjorth; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Dagny Faksvåg Haugen (2018). Introduksjon av forhåndssamtaler for pasienter med livstruende lungesykdom. (external link)
• Dagny Renata Faksvåg Haugen; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Jan Henrik Rosland (2022). To ukers elektivt fordypningskurs i palliativ medisin ved medisinstudiet i Bergen: opplegg og utbytte. (external link)

Other presentation

• Nienke de Glas; Siri Rostoft; Margrethe Aase Schaufel et al. (2025). Oppstartsseminar IMPACT-study. (external link)

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Helle Kristine Schøyen; Fredrik A Walby; Margrethe Aase Schaufel et al. (2022). Psychotic depression and suicide risk - a mixed methods study. (external link)
• Kristian Jansen; Sabine Ruths; Margrethe Aase Schaufel (2017). End of life care in nursing homes: Palliative drug prescribing and doctors' existential vulnerability. (external link)
• Margrethe Aase Schaufel (2010). Å dele uvissa og ansvaret. Ein kvalitativ studie av livets grunnvilkår i medisinsk praksis. (external link)
• Anette Fosse; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Kirsti Malterud et al. (2018). Livets slutt i sykehjem. Pasientens ønsker og legens rolle. (external link)

Conference abstract

• Nina Elisabeth Hjorth; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Katrin Rut Sigurdardottir et al. (2019). Healthcare professionals' views on implementation of Advance Care Planning for patients with advanced pulmonary diseases - a pilot study. (external link)
• Nina Elisabeth Hjorth; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Dagny Faksvåg Haugen (2015). «It is difficult to talk about, but I think it can help me» - A qualitative study about Advance Care Planning for patients with life-threatening pulmonary disease. Abstract P1-158. (external link)
• Nina Elisabeth Hjorth; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Dagny Faksvåg Haugen (2018). Introducing advance care planning for patients with life-threatening pulmonary disease in the hospital setting – what do patients talk about?. (external link)

Conference poster

• Kristian Jansen; Sabine Ruths; Margrethe Aase Schaufel (2015). Doctors working with dying nursing home patients meet their own existential vulnerability. (external link)
• Anette Fosse; Sabine Ruths; Kirsti Malterud et al. (2015). How do young doctors' clinical experiences from nursing homes provide access to situated learning about death and dying? A focus group study. (external link)
• Anette Fosse; Sytse Zuidema; KF Boersma et al. (2016). Nursing home doctors’ assessments of barriers and strategies for end-of-life care in Norway and the Netherlands.. (external link)
• Anette Fosse; Sabine Ruths; Kirsti Malterud et al. (2015). It wasn’t as hard as I thought –a focus group study about newly qualified doctors’ learning experiences with end-of-life care. (external link)
• Marit Irene Tuen Hansen; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Katrin Rut Sigurdardottir et al. (2019). Factors affecting quality of end-of-life care - a qualitative analysis of free text comments from the i-CODE survey in Norway. (external link)
• Nina Elisabeth Hjorth; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Dagny Faksvåg Haugen (2015). «It is difficult to talk about, but I think it can help me» - A qualitative study about Advance Care Planning for patients with life-threatening pulmonary disease.. (external link)
• Elisabeth Skaar; Leslie Sofia Pareja Eide; Tone M. Norekvål et al. (2017). Geriatric Assessment and Frailty score predicts clinical outcome of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. (external link)
• Dagny Renata Faksvåg Haugen; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Jan Henrik Rosland (2022). A two-week student-selected component in palliative medicine for undergraduate medical students: design and outcomes.. (external link)
• Wolfgang Schmid; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Vilde Andresen et al. (2021). "Det var 15 minutter uten smerter" - en pilotstudie om implementering av musikkterapi for mennesker med uhelbredelig lungesykdom. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Lisa Pont; Kristian Jansen; Margrethe Aase Schaufel et al. (2016). Drug utilization and medication costs at the end of life. (external link)

Letter to the editor

• Kristian Jansen; Anette Fosse; Kristina Riis Iden et al. (2015). Vil beholde LCP for døende. (external link)
• Tove Skjelbakken; Anne Regine Lager; Elisabeth Sundkvist et al. (2022). Leserbrief zu “New status report from Norway: Implementation of patient involvement in Norwegian health care” (ZEFQ) 171 (2022) 105–112 von J. Kasper et al.. (external link)

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