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E-post: erlend.hem@medisin.uio.no
Legeforskningsinstituttet
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Universitetet i Oslo
Erlend Hem er instituttsjef i Legeforskningsinstituttet, professor ved Universitetet i Oslo og styreleder i Helsehistorisk forum.
Articles by Erlend Hem
We will all be satisfied in the end
- Erlend Hem
08.01.2013:
To health bureaucrats and politicians, what matters is to persevere. Then, marvellous things may happen. «The scandals in the health services appear never-ending», the doctors Jannicke Mellin-Olsen, Kjetil Karlsen and Sven Erik Gisvold wrote in an op-ed in December (1). We have heard it before. What...
Editors as midwifes
- Erlend Hem
11.12.2012:
The editors wish to help authors bring their message to the readers in the best possible way Many seasoned veterans among my colleagues have told me about their first article in our journal. Some time after submitting the manuscript they received a response from the editors, with advice and...
Regulations with plenty of loopholes – the doctors’ prescription rights during the era of prohibition 1916–1926
- Per Eivind Hem,
- Erlend Hem
11.12.2012:
The struggle over the prohibition of alcohol dominated political life in Norway from the end of World War I over a period of nearly ten years. It proved fatal to three governments, had a decisive effect on two parliamentary elections, gave rise to two referendums, and filled the newspapers, where it...
«Would a doctor really endeavour to refuse a patient his cognac?!» – doctors’ prescription practices in the prohibition era 1916–1926
- Per Eivind Hem,
- Erlend Hem
11.12.2012:
The prohibition era dawned in December 1916 as a temporary measure to ensure public order during World War I. At that time, the government introduced a ban on the sales of alcohol for purposes of indulgence over the Christmas season, but exempted spirits intended for technical, medical and...
Private or professional
- Erlend Hem
16.10.2012:
We care less about conventions of courtesy than we used to. This also affects the doctor-patient relationship. «I never use my surname,» she said. «Not in any situations. Never.» It was a fifth-semester group session. The students were to learn to identify the patients’ health problems in a somatic...
Medicine is debate
- Erlend Hem
18.09.2012:
In the trial following the 22 July attacks, the experts reached different conclusions. This is not a problem. Over the last year, no single issue has had such an impact on us as the tragedy that struck the nation on 22 July 2011. The effects of the case have reverberated through society. Norwegian...
G.W. Jacobsen & E. Hem respond:
- Geir W. Jacobsen,
- Erlend Hem
26.06.2012:
We wish to thank Viggo Jønsson for his appreciative words and interesting hypothesis. Although we cannot know anything for certain about the intentions of the artist who made this figure almost 700 years ago, it is typical of good art that it evokes a variety of associations in the beholder. One...
In both Norwegian and English
- Erlend Hem
29.05.2012:
Articles in this journal can now be published simultaneously in Norwegian and English. This gives authors an opportunity to reach out to readers all over the world. Five years ago, an original article in this journal was first translated into English. Initially this was a trial project that included...