Doctoral defence: Åshild Gjellestad
Doctoral defence: Åshild Gjellestad
Åshild Gjellestad will hold her trial lecture and publicly defend her PhD dissertation:
Care practices at the intersection between resistance and involuntary treatment and care.
A mixed-methods study of how health care professionals approach resistance to care and involuntary treatment among home-dwelling persons with dementia.
Åshild Gjellestad will hold her trial lecture and publicly defend her PhD dissertation:
Care practices at the intersection between resistance and involuntary treatment and care.
A mixed-methods study of how health care professionals approach resistance to care and involuntary treatment among home-dwelling persons with dementia.
- Klara Lundes Auditorium, Haraldsplass Helsecampus
- 2. September 2022, 10.15–16.00 (Add to calendar)

The trial lecture and the public defence take place in Klara Lundes auditorium, VID Bergen. There will be a live stream on zoom: https://vid-no.zoom.us/j/67707343780
Evaluation committe
- Docent, Marie Ernsth Bravell, Jönköping University
- Professor, Marit Kirkevold, OsloMet
- Associate professor, Amin Amro, VID Specialized University
The opponents are:
- Docent, Marie Ernsth Bravell, Jönköping University, first opponent
- Professor, Marit Kirkevold, OsloMet, second opponent
The committee’s work has been led by associate professor Amin Amro, VID Specialized University.
Professor Annette Rose-Leis Peters, will chair the doctoral defence.
Programme
- 10:15 Åshild Gjellestad will hold her trial lecture on a topic given to her by the evaluation committee:
How can different theoretical perspectives provide knowledge for a better understanding of resistance to care, involuntary treatment and improved clinical practice when caring for persons suffering from dementia?
- 12:15 Åshild Gjellestad will publicly defend her dissertation for the PhD degree
If you want a pdf copy of the thesis, please email: erlend.from@vid.no
Supervisors
- Associate professor Frøydis Kristine Bruvik, University of Bergen
- Medveileder: Førsteamanuensis Trine Oksholm, VID Specialized University
- Medveileder: Professor Emerita Herdis Alvsvåg, VID Specialized University