Medical doctor with a PhD exploring existential challenges in clinical practice. Specialist in internal medicine, cardiology and thoracic medicine. Expertise in qualitative research methods and communication research, with a special interest in palliative care, clinical ethics and medical education. Consultant at the Department of Thoracic Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital.

Vitenskapelig artikkel

• Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Schanche, Elisabeth; Onarheim, Kristine Husøy et al. (2024). Stretching oneself too thin and facing ethical challenges: Healthcare professionals’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. (ekstern lenke)
• Aune, Siri Dahl; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Andersen, Tiina Maarit et al. (2024). Experiences of individually tailored physical exercise in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a qualitative study. (ekstern lenke)
• Bakken, Janet; Huurnink, Aart; Johannessen, Hilde et al. (2024). Developing and Evaluating a Care Pathway for Improving Palliative Care in Western Norway. (ekstern lenke)
• Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Gärtner, Fabian; Leivdal, Bodil Kristin et al. (2024). En kvinne i 30-årene med forvirring. (ekstern lenke)
• Alnæs, Marie Bjørbak; Skodvin, Brita; Jahnsen, Jan Anker et al. (2024). “What if the patient has a severe reaction, and it is my fault?” A qualitative study exploring factors for sustainable implementation of penicillin allergy delabelling. (ekstern lenke)
• Orstad, Silje; Fløtten, Øystein; Madebo, Tesfaye et al. (2023). “The challenge is the complexity” – A qualitative study about decision-making in advanced lung cancer treatment. (ekstern lenke)
• Mclean, Emily; Onarheim, Kristine Husøy; Schanche, Elisabeth et al. (2022). Etiske dilemmaer for sykehjemsleger under covid-19-pandemien. (ekstern lenke)
• Miljeteig, Ingrid; Forthun, Ingeborg; Hufthammer, Karl Ove et al. (2021). Priority-setting dilemmas, moral distress and support experienced by nurses and physicians in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway. (ekstern lenke)
• Skaar, Elisabeth; Øksnes, Anja; Eide, Leslie S.P. et al. (2020). Baseline frailty status and outcomes important for shared decision‑making in older adults receiving transcatheter aortic valve implantation, a prospective observational study. (ekstern lenke)
• Hansen, Marit Irene Tuen; Haugen, Dagny Faksvåg; Sigurdardottir, Katrin Rut et al. (2020). Factors affecting quality of end-of-life hospital care - a qualitative analysis of free text comments from the i-CODE survey in Norway. (ekstern lenke)
• Hjorth, Nina Elisabeth; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Sigurdardottir, Katrin Rut et al. (2020). Feasibility and acceptability of introducing advance care planning on a thoracic medicine inpatient ward: an exploratory mixed method study. (ekstern lenke)
• Skaar, Elisabeth; Eide, Leslie Sofia Pareja; Norekvål, Tone M. et al. (2019). A novel Geriatric Assessment frailty score predicts 2-year mortality after Transcatheter Aortic Valve implantation. (ekstern lenke)
• Fredriksen, Kristin J; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Johannessen, Jan Olav et al. (2019). Preventing Suicide among Psychiatric Inpatients with Psychotic Depression. (ekstern lenke)
• Fimland, Sander Kvammen; Kjenås, Andreas Sorte; Rø, Karin Isaksson et al. (2019). Medisinstudenters holdninger og forventninger til fremtidige arbeidsvilkår. (ekstern lenke)
• Hjorth, Nina Elisabeth; Haugen, Dagny Faksvåg; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase (2018). Advance care planning in life-threatening pulmonary disease: a focus group study.. (ekstern lenke)
• Fosse, Anette; Zuidema, Sytse; Boersma, Froukje et al. (2017). Nursing home physicians’ assessments of barriers and strategies for end-of-life care in Norway and the Netherlands. (ekstern lenke)
• Skaar, Elisabeth; Ranhoff, Anette Hylen; Nordrehaug, Jan Erik et al. (2017). Conditions for autonomous choice: a qualitative study of older adults’ experience of decision-making in TAVR. (ekstern lenke)
• Fredriksen, Kristin J; Schøyen, Helle Kristine; Johannessen, Jan Olav et al. (2017). Psychotic depression and suicidal behavior. (ekstern lenke)
• Fosse, Anette; Ruths, Sabine; Malterud, Kirsti et al. (2017). Doctors’ learning experiences in end-of-life care – a focus group study from nursing homes. (ekstern lenke)
• Fålun, Nina Britt; Fridlund, Bengt Gotthard Anton; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase et al. (2016). Patients' goals, resources, and barriers to future change: A qualitative study of patient reflections at hospital discharge after myocardial infarction. (ekstern lenke)
• Jansen, Kristian; Ruths, Sabine; Malterud, Kirsti et al. (2016). The impact of existential vulnerability for nursing home doctors in end-of-life care: A focus group study. (ekstern lenke)
• Fosse, Anette; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Ruths, Sabine et al. (2014). End-of-life expectations and experiences among nursing home patients and their relatives — a synthesis of qualitative studies. (ekstern lenke)
• Jansen, Kristian; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Ruths, Sabine (2014). Drug treatment at the end of life: An epidemiologic study in nursing homes. (ekstern lenke)
• Ohldieck, Annabel Eide; Nordrehaug, Jan Erik; Vandvik, Per Olav et al. (2014). Implementation of transcatheter aortic valve insertion (TAVI) in clinical practice: An ethical analysis. (ekstern lenke)
• Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Nordrehaug, Jan Erik; Malterud, Kirsti (2011). Hope in action - facing cardiac death: A qualitative study of patients with life-threatening disease. (ekstern lenke)
• Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Nordrehaug, Jan Erik; Malterud, Kirsti (2009). "So you think I'll survive?": a qualitative study about doctor-patient dialogues preceding high-risk cardiac surgery or intervention. (ekstern lenke)
• Aase, Margrethe; Nordrehaug, Jan Erik; Malterud, Kirsti (2008). "If you cannot tolerate that risk, you should never become a physician": a qualitative study about existential experiences among physicians. (ekstern lenke)
• Johansson, Kjell Arne; Ohldieck, Christian; Aase, Margrethe et al. (2001). Skjebnezapping - medisinsk grunnopplæring, legestudenters dannelse og den etiske fordring. (ekstern lenke)

Poster

• Haugen, Dagny Renata Faksvåg; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Rosland, Jan Henrik (2022). A two-week student-selected component in palliative medicine for undergraduate medical students: design and outcomes. . (ekstern lenke)
• Schmid, Wolfgang; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Andresen, Vilde et al. (2021). "Det var 15 minutter uten smerter" - en pilotstudie om implementering av musikkterapi for mennesker med uhelbredelig lungesykdom. (ekstern lenke)
• Hansen, Marit Irene Tuen; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Sigurdardottir, Katrin Rut et al. (2019). Factors affecting quality of end-of-life care - a qualitative analysis of free text comments from the i-CODE survey in Norway. (ekstern lenke)
• Skaar, Elisabeth; Eide, Leslie Sofia Pareja; Norekvål, Tone M. et al. (2017). Geriatric Assessment and Frailty score predicts clinical outcome of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. (ekstern lenke)
• Fosse, Anette; Zuidema, Sytse; Boersma, KF et al. (2016). Nursing home doctors’ assessments of barriers and strategies for end-of-life care in Norway and the Netherlands.. (ekstern lenke)
• Hjorth, Nina Elisabeth; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Haugen, Dagny Faksvåg (2015). «It is difficult to talk about, but I think it can help me» - A qualitative study about Advance Care Planning for patients with life-threatening pulmonary disease.. (ekstern lenke)
• Jansen, Kristian; Ruths, Sabine; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase (2015). Doctors working with dying nursing home patients meet their own existential vulnerability. (ekstern lenke)
• Fosse, Anette; Ruths, Sabine; Malterud, Kirsti et al. (2015). It wasn’t as hard as I thought –a focus group study about newly qualified doctors’ learning experiences with end-of-life care. (ekstern lenke)
• Fosse, Anette; Ruths, Sabine; Malterud, Kirsti et al. (2015). How do young doctors' clinical experiences from nursing homes provide access to situated learning about death and dying? A focus group study. (ekstern lenke)

Vitenskapelig foredrag

• Haugen, Dagny Renata Faksvåg; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Rosland, Jan Henrik (2022). To ukers elektivt fordypningskurs i palliativ medisin ved medisinstudiet i Bergen: opplegg og utbytte. (ekstern lenke)
• Hjorth, Nina Elisabeth; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Sigurdardottir, Katrin Rut et al. (2019). Advance Care Planning with patients having advanced pulmonary disease – A qualitative study in a hospital setting in Western Norway. (ekstern lenke)
• Hjorth, Nina Elisabeth; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Sigurdardottir, Katrin Rut et al. (2019). Healthcare professionals’ views on implementation of Advance Care Planning for patients with advanced pulmonary disease – a pilot study. . (ekstern lenke)
• Hjorth, Nina Elisabeth; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Haugen, Dagny Faksvåg (2018). Introduksjon av forhåndssamtaler for pasienter med livstruende lungesykdom. (ekstern lenke)
• Fosse, Anette; Malterud, Kirsti; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase et al. (2017). Barriers and strategies for end-of-life care in nursing homes in Norway and the Netherlands. (ekstern lenke)
• Fosse, Anette; Ruths, Sabine; Malterud, Kirsti et al. (2016). How do young doctors' clinical experiences from nursing homes provide access to situated learning about dying? A focus group study. (ekstern lenke)
• Jansen, Kristian; Ruths, Sabine; Malterud, Kirsti et al. (2016). Doctors working with dying nursing home patients meet their own existential vulnerability.. (ekstern lenke)
• Jansen, Kristian; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Ruths, Sabine (2016). Palliative drug treatment in life last days – prevalence and evidence base.. (ekstern lenke)
• Fosse, Anette; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Ruths, Sabine et al. (2014). Døden i sykehjem – pasienters og pårørendes tanker og forventninger. (ekstern lenke)
• Fosse, Anette; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Ruths, Sabine et al. (2014). . End-of-life expectations and experiences among patients in long-term care institutions and their relatives. A synthesis of qualitative studies. (ekstern lenke)
• Fosse, Anette; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Ruths, Sabine et al. (2014). Patients’ and relatives’ expectations and experiences regarding end-of-life in nursing homes – A meta-ethnography. (ekstern lenke)
• Jansen, Kristian; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Ruths, Sabine (2014). Drug prescribing for nursing home patients in their last days of life. (ekstern lenke)
• Jansen, Kristian; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Ruths, Sabine (2013). Drug prescribing as part of end-of-life care. (ekstern lenke)
• Fosse, Anette; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Ruths, Sabine et al. (2013). Patients' and relatives' thoughts about death. (ekstern lenke)

Brev til redaktøren

• Skjelbakken, Tove; Lager, Anne Regine; Sundkvist, Elisabeth et al. (2022). Leserbrief zu “New status report from Norway: Implementation of patient involvement in Norwegian health care” (ZEFQ) 171 (2022) 105–112 von J. Kasper et al.. (ekstern lenke)

Sammendrag/abstract

• Hjorth, Nina Elisabeth; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Sigurdardottir, Katrin Rut et al. (2019). Healthcare professionals' views on implementation of Advance Care Planning for patients with advanced pulmonary diseases - a pilot study. (ekstern lenke)
• Hjorth, Nina Elisabeth; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Haugen, Dagny Faksvåg (2018). Introducing advance care planning for patients with life-threatening pulmonary disease in the hospital setting – what do patients talk about? . (ekstern lenke)
• Hjorth, Nina Elisabeth; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Haugen, Dagny Faksvåg (2015). «It is difficult to talk about, but I think it can help me» - A qualitative study about Advance Care Planning for patients with life-threatening pulmonary disease. Abstract P1-158. (ekstern lenke)

Doktorgradsavhandling

• Fosse, Anette; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase; Malterud, Kirsti et al. (2018). Livets slutt i sykehjem. Pasientens ønsker og legens rolle. (ekstern lenke)
• Jansen, Kristian; Ruths, Sabine; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase (2017). End of life care in nursing homes. Palliative drug prescribing and doctors’ existential vulnerability. (ekstern lenke)
• Schaufel, Margrethe Aase (2010). Å dele uvissa og ansvaret. Ein kvalitativ studie av livets grunnvilkår i medisinsk praksis. (ekstern lenke)

Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review

• Pont, Lisa; Jansen, Kristian; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase et al. (2016). Drug utilization and medication costs at the end of life. (ekstern lenke)

Leserinnlegg

• Jansen, Kristian; Fosse, Anette; Iden, Kristina Riis et al. (2015). Vil beholde LCP for døende. (ekstern lenke)

Se en full oversikt over publikasjoner i Cristin

Miljeteig I, Forthun I, Hufthammer KO, Engelund IE, Schanche E, Schaufel MA, Onarheim KH. Priority-setting dilemmas, moral distress and support experienced by nurses and physicians in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway. Nurs Ethics. 2021 Feb;28(1):66-81. doi: 10.1177/0969733020981748. Epub 2021 Jan 12.

Hansen MIT, Haugen DF, Sigurdardottir KR, Kvikstad A, Mayland CR, Schaufel MA; ERANet-LAC CODE project group. Factors affecting quality of end-of-life hospital care - a qualitative analysis of free text comments from the i-CODE survey in Norway. BMC Palliat Care. 2020 Jul 7;19(1):98. doi: 10.1186/s12904-020-00609-x.

Skaar E, Øksnes A, Eide LSP, Norekvål TM, Ranhoff AH, Nordrehaug JE, Forman DE, Schoenenberger AW, Hufthammer KO, Kuiper KK, Bleie Ø, Packer EJS, Langørgen J, Haaverstad R, Schaufel MA. Baseline frailty status and outcomes important for shared decision-making in older adults receiving transcatheter aortic valve implantation, a prospective observational study. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2020 Mar 19. doi: 10.1007/s40520-020-01525-z. Online ahead of print.

Hjorth NE, Schaufel MA, Sigurdardottir KR, Haugen DRF. Feasibility and acceptability of introducing advance care planning on a thoracic medicine inpatient ward: an exploratory mixed method study. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2020 Feb;7(1):e000485. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2019-000485.

Fredriksen KJ, Schaufel MA, Johannessen JO, Walby FA, Davidson L, Schoeyen HK.
Preventing Suicide among Psychiatric Inpatients with Psychotic Depression. Psychiatr Q. 2020 Mar;91(1):223-236. doi: 10.1007/s11126-019-09677-6.

Fimland SK, Kjenås AS, Rø KI, Schaufel MA. Medical students' attitudes and expectations for future working conditions. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2019 Nov 18;139(17). doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.19.0185. Print 2019 Nov 19.

Skaar E, Eide LSP, Norekvål TM, Ranhoff AH, Nordrehaug JE, Forman DE, Schoenenberger AW, Ove Hufthammer K, Kuiper KK, Bleie Ø, Langørgen J, Haaverstad R, Schaufel MA. A novel Geriatric Assessment frailty score predicts two-year mortality after Transcatheter Aortic Valve implantation. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2019 Apr 1;5(2):153-160. doi: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcy044.

Hjorth NE, Haugen DF, Schaufel MA.^. Advance care planning in life-threatening pulmonary disease: a focus group study.   ERJ Open Res. 2018 May 18;4(2). pii: 00101-2017.

Fosse A, Zuidema S, Boersma F, Malterud K, Schaufel MA, Ruths S. Nursing Home Physicians' Assessments of Barriers and Strategies for End-of-Life Care in Norway and The Netherlands. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2017 Aug 1;18(8):713-718. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2017.03.005. Epub 2017 Apr 29.

Fredriksen KJ, Schoeyen HK, Johannessen JO, Walby FA, Davidson L, Schaufel MA. Psychotic Depression and Suicidal Behavior. Psychiatry. 2017 Spring;80(1):17-29. doi: 10.1080/00332747.2016.1208002.

Skaar E, Ranhoff AH, Nordrehaug JE, Forman DE, Schaufel MA. Conditions for autonomous choice: a qualitative study of older adults' experience of decision-making in TAVR. J Geriatr Cardiol. 2017 Jan;14(1):42-48. doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2017.01.007.

Fosse A, Ruths S, Malterud K, Schaufel MA. Doctors' learning experiences in end-of-life care - a focus group study from nursing homes. BMC Med Educ. 2017 Jan 31;17(1):27. doi: 10.1186/s12909-017-0865-8.

Pont L, Jansen K, Schaufel MA, Haugen DF, Ruths S. Drug utilization and medication costs at the end of life. Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2016;16(2):237-43. doi: 10.1586/14737167.2016.1158106.

Jansen K, Ruths S, Malterud K, Schaufel MA. The impact of existential vulnerability for nursing home doctors in end-of-life care: A focus group study. Patient Educ Couns. 2016 Jul 12. pii: S0738-3991(16)30311-1. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2016.07.016. [Epub ahead of print]

Falun N, Fridlund B, Schaufel MA, Schei E, Norekval TM.Patients’ goals, resources and perceived hindrances for future change – a qualitative study of patient reflections at hospital discharge after myocardial infarction. Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2015 Oct 27. pii: 1474515115614712. [Epub ahead of print]

Jansen K, Schaufel MA, Ruths S. Drug treatment at the end of life – an epidemiologic study in nursing homes. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2014 Dec;32(4):187-92. doi: 10.3109/02813432.2014.972068. Epub 2014 Nov 3.

Fosse A, Schaufel MA, Ruths S, Malterud K. End-of-life expectations and experiences among nursing home patients and their relatives – a synthesis of qualitative studies. Patient Educ Couns. 2014 Jun 12. pii: S0738-3991(14)00230-4. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.05.025. [Epub ahead of print]

Ohldieck A, Nordrehaug JE, Vandvik PO, Schaufel MA, Norheim OF. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Insertion (TAVI) implementation in clinical practice: an ethical analysis. Clinical Ethics, published online 13 August 2014. DOI: 10.1177/1477750914546761

Schaufel MA, Skodvin B. Kollegastøtte for sykehusleger. [Peer support for hospital physicians] (Norwegian.) Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2012 Feb 7;132(3):271. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.11.1024.

Schaufel MA, Nordrehaug JE, Malterud K. Hope in action - facing cardiac death: A qualitative study of patients with life-threatening disease. Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being. 2011 Mar 18;6(1). doi: 10.3402/qhw.v6i1.5917.

Schaufel MA, Nordrehaug JE, Malterud K. “So you think I`ll survive?”: a qualitative study about doctor-patient dialogues preceding high-risk cardiac surgery or intervention. Heart 2009 Aug; 95(15):1245-9. Epub 2009 Apr 29.

Aase M, Nordrehaug JE, Malterud K. “If you cannot tolerate that risk, you should never become a physician” – a qualitative study about existential experiences among physicians. J Med Ethics 2008; 34: 767-771

Aase M. Interviewing colleagues - ethical and methodological challenges. Center for kvalitativ metodeudvikling. 2006;41:48-54.

http://www.psy.au.dk/fileadmin/site_files/filer_psykologi/dokumenter/CKM/NB41/aase.pdf

Johansson KA, Ohldieck C, Aase M, Schei E. Skjebnezapping – medisinsk grunnopplæring, legestudenters dannelse og den etiske fordring. [Destiny-zapping – medical education, students` world view and the ethical challenge] (Norwegian.) Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 2001; 121: 1618-21