Øyvind Stople Sivertsen

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Øyvind Stople Sivertsen er spesialist i allmennmedisin, fastlege ved Bjølsen legesenter og medisinsk redaktør i Tidsskriftet. Han er styremedlem i Norsk forening for allmennmedisin (NFA).

Articles by Øyvind Stople Sivertsen

When is the worst time to die?

Øyvind Stople Sivertsen

23.09.2019: The medical doctor and philosopher Carl Tollef Solberg defended his doctoral degree at the University of Bergen on 16 January 2018. Among other things, he reflects on counterfactual lives. For whom is death worst? Those who die, the bereaved or society? Who do we cry for at funerals? Do we cry on...

A doctor in the minority

Øyvind Stople Sivertsen

26.06.2018: Six out of ten contract GPs have considered quitting. I am looking forward to starting. I identify myself as a general practitioner, even though I am working outside general practice for the time being. However, there is a lot of talk about crisis. A rebellion is underway (1). We are told that it is...

Polio eradication – just one final sprint to the finish

Øyvind Stople Sivertsen

05.03.2018: We have almost eradicated polio, but now vaccine coverage is levelling off. Are we giving up at the finish line? Deep in rural Kenya, in the Rift Valley, lies Pokot, which I recently visited. Around half a million people live in this region, most with their own little patch of land. Many live in mud...