Elin Hjorth

The Department of Health Care Sciences

Title: Lecturer, PhD

Phone: +46-76 636 51 01

Mail: elin.hjorth@mchs.se

Address: Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Box 11189, 100 61 Stockholm
Visiting address: Folkungagatan 127

Field of work

Elin Hjorth holds a PhD in Palliative care within the field The Individual in the Welfare Society. She is program director of the Specialist nursing programme in palliative care.

Elin’s research focuses on how people can receive better support and care in different life situations, with particular emphasis on existential issues and well-being. Among other things, she explores how healthcare professionals and students can develop their ability to manage difficult conversations with patients, the role of voluntary organizations in promoting health and community, and how people experiencing homelessness perceive their basic needs related to food and meals. By highlighting these perspectives, her research contributes to a deeper understanding of how care and support can be developed to strengthen health and community in different contexts.

Elin teaches in nursing science and palliative care at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and is the program director of the Specialist nursing programme in palliative care. She has experience in supervision at bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels, as well as in course leadership and curriculum development.

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Publications

Annica Lagerin, Christina Melin-Johansson, Bodil Holmberg, Tove Godskesen, Elin Hjorth, Lena Junehag, Carina Lundh Hagelin, Anneli Ozanne, Johan Sundelöf, Camilla Udo (2025). Interdisciplinary strategies for establishing a trusting relation as a pre-requisite for existential conversations in palliative care: A grounded theory study
Ramona Schenell, Jane Österlind, Maria Browall, Christina Melin-Johansson, Carina Lundh Hagelin, Elin Hjorth (2023). Teaching to prepare undergraduate nursing students for palliative care: Nurse educators’ perspectives
Hanna Gabrielsson, Elin Hjorth, Viktoria Wallin, Lilian Pohlkamp (2023). Övergången från att vara patient med cancer till person med erfarenhet av cancer: Civilsamhällets roll i rehabilitering
Elin Hjorth, Ulrika Kreicbergs, Thomas Sejersen, Ulla Werlauff, Jes Rahbek, Malin Lövgren (2022). Parents’ advice to other parents of children with spinal muscular atrophy: Two nationwide follow-ups
Elin Hjorth, Hanna Gabrielsson, Lilian Pohlkamp, Viktoria Wallin (2021). Patientorganisationer som företräder riskgrupper under covid-19-pandemin: förändringar i organisation och relation till andra aktörer
Elin Hjorth, Malin Lovgren, Ulrika Kreicbergs, Thomas Sejersen, Eric Asaba (2021). "Suddenly we have hope that there is a future": Two families’ narratives when a child with spinal muscular atrophy receives a new effective drug
Lilian Pohlkamp, Viktoria Wallin, Elin Hjorth, Hanna Gabrielsson (2021). Ömsesidiga hjälporganisationer i Sverige uppvisar resiliens under covid-19-pandemin
Elin Hjorth (2020). Experiences of care and everyday life in a time of change for families in which a child has spinal muscular atrophy
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Elin Hjorth, Ulrika Kreicbergs, Thomas Sejersen, Jørgen Jeppesen, Ulla Werlauff, Jes Rahbek, Malin Lövgren (2019). Bereaved Parents More Satisfied With the Care Given to Their Child With Severe Spinal Muscular Atrophy Than Nonbereaved
Elin Hjorth, Ulrika Kreicbergs, Thomas Sejersen, Malin Lövgren (2018). Parents' advice to healthcare professionals working with children who have spinal muscular atrophy

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Last updated:
16 September 2025