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Ragnhild Ørstavik er assisterende sjefredaktør i Tidsskriftet. Hun er dr.med. og har en bistilling som seniorforsker ved Folkehelseinstituttet.
Articles by Ragnhild Ørstavik
Words that kill
- Ragnhild Ørstavik
12.12.2023:
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights celebrated its 75 th anniversary on 10 December this year. Dehumanisation poses a threat to the continued protection of these essential rights. '… We […] learned that many of the German mass attacks were made by boys, […] arm in arm […]' The above quote is...
Men also need bathroom breaks
- Ragnhild Ørstavik
14.08.2023:
Everyone needs to take part in the discourse about our well-being in the workplace. 'What do I do if my pager goes off when I'm on the toilet?' She hadn't said anything up to this point, sitting tucked away in the corner, but now she was asking the question on all of our lips. It was the early 1990s...
Family ties
- Ragnhild Ørstavik
31.05.2023:
Case studies involving genetic disorders concern more than just the patient. Clinicians and the editors of the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association must therefore exercise particular caution when publishing such material. Imagine a patient who has taken a genetic test for hereditary breast...
A time for hope
- Ragnhild Ørstavik
28.03.2023:
Hoping is more than believing that all will eventually be well. In the Christian tradition, Easter is the season of hope. In this issue of the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association, Odd Terje Brustugun explains how hope still has a role in doctors' encounters with seriously ill patients (1)...
Back to the days of matchsticks?
- Ragnhild Ørstavik
16.01.2023:
Despite the low temperatures in Norway, we are not used to being cold. But the persistently high electricity prices may also trigger the fuel poverty phenomenon here too. In Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale 'The Little Match Girl', New Year's Eve is being celebrated in the fine homes of...
Why did you do it?
- Ragnhild Ørstavik
26.09.2022:
If the introduction to an article does not tell readers why you conducted the study, they are unlikely to read any further. Imagine you are taking a friend on a road trip. What is she thinking about once she has settled into her seat? Probably something like this: Where are we going, and why? At...
First study, then introduce?
- Ragnhild Ørstavik
05.09.2022:
Effectiveness research should be given more space in public policy. But not at all costs. The previous government extended the opening hours of the Norwegian state-owned alcohol monopoly's sales outlets. However, alcohol consumption did not increase (1). This means that extended opening hours do not...
Who should write a case report?
- Ragnhild Ørstavik
02.05.2022:
Case histories are not research projects. It is therefore difficult to define who should write them. Case reports form the core of medical science and medical disciplines. The stories of the patients we learn from constitute the human factor in diagnoses – including in the medical literature. These...