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.

Konferanseposter

• Anette Fosse; Sytse Zuidema; KF Boersma et al. (2016). Nursing home doctors’ assessments of barriers and strategies for end-of-life care in Norway and the Netherlands.. (ekstern lenke)
• Nina Elisabeth Hjorth; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Dagny Faksvåg Haugen (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)
• Elisabeth Skaar; Leslie Sofia Pareja Eide; Tone M. Norekvål et al. (2017). Geriatric Assessment and Frailty score predicts clinical outcome of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. (ekstern lenke)
• Wolfgang Schmid; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Vilde Andresen et al. (2021). "Det var 15 minutter uten smerter" - en pilotstudie om implementering av musikkterapi for mennesker med uhelbredelig lungesykdom. (ekstern lenke)
• Anette Fosse; Sabine Ruths; Kirsti Malterud 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)
• Anette Fosse; Sabine Ruths; Kirsti Malterud 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)
• Kristian Jansen; Sabine Ruths; Margrethe Aase Schaufel (2015). Doctors working with dying nursing home patients meet their own existential vulnerability. (ekstern lenke)
• Marit Irene Tuen Hansen; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Katrin Rut Sigurdardottir 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)
• Dagny Renata Faksvåg Haugen; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Jan Henrik Rosland (2022). A two-week student-selected component in palliative medicine for undergraduate medical students: design and outcomes.. (ekstern lenke)

Vitenskapelig artikkel

• Elisabeth Skaar; Anette Hylen Ranhoff; Jan Erik Nordrehaug et al. (2017). Conditions for autonomous choice: a qualitative study of older adults’ experience of decision-making in TAVR. (ekstern lenke)
• Emily Mclean; Kristine Husøy Onarheim; Elisabeth Schanche et al. (2022). Etiske dilemmaer for sykehjemsleger under covid-19-pandemien. (ekstern lenke)
• Kristian Jansen; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Sabine Ruths (2014). Drug treatment at the end of life: An epidemiologic study in nursing homes. (ekstern lenke)
• Victoria Schei; Anne Berit Guttormsen; Lina Sophie Toft Lernevall et al. (2025). Parental experiences, coping and the impact of Family Burn Camp after paediatric burn injury: A qualitative study. (ekstern lenke)
• Nina Elisabeth Hjorth; Dagny Faksvåg Haugen; Margrethe Aase Schaufel (2018). Advance care planning in life-threatening pulmonary disease: a focus group study.. (ekstern lenke)
• Kristin J Fredriksen; Helle Kristine Schøyen; Jan Olav Johannessen et al. (2017). Psychotic depression and suicidal behavior. (ekstern lenke)
• Marit Irene Tuen Hansen; Dagny Faksvåg Haugen; Katrin Rut Sigurdardottir 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)
• Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Reidun Førde; Katrin Rut Sigurdardottir et al. (2024). Lungelegar sine erfaringar med lindrande sedering i livets sluttfase. (ekstern lenke)
• Silje Orstad; Øystein Fløtten; Tesfaye Madebo et al. (2023). “The challenge is the complexity” – A qualitative study about decision-making in advanced lung cancer treatment. (ekstern lenke)
• Elisabeth Skaar; Leslie Sofia Pareja Eide; Tone M. Norekvål et al. (2019). A novel Geriatric Assessment frailty score predicts 2-year mortality after Transcatheter Aortic Valve implantation. (ekstern lenke)
• Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Jan Erik Nordrehaug; Kirsti Malterud (2011). Hope in action - facing cardiac death: A qualitative study of patients with life-threatening disease. (ekstern lenke)
• Nina Elisabeth Hjorth; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Katrin Rut Sigurdardottir et al. (2020). Feasibility and acceptability of introducing advance care planning on a thoracic medicine inpatient ward: an exploratory mixed method study. (ekstern lenke)
• Ingrid Miljeteig; Ingeborg Forthun; Karl Ove Hufthammer 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)
• Anette Fosse; Sabine Ruths; Kirsti Malterud et al. (2017). Doctors’ learning experiences in end-of-life care – a focus group study from nursing homes. (ekstern lenke)
• Marie Bjørbak Alnæs; Brita Skodvin; Jan Anker Jahnsen 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)
• Janet Bakken; Aart Huurnink; Hilde Johannessen et al. (2024). Developing and Evaluating a Care Pathway for Improving Palliative Care in Western Norway. (ekstern lenke)
• Siri Dahl Aune; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Tiina Maarit Andersen et al. (2024). Experiences of individually tailored physical exercise in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a qualitative study. (ekstern lenke)
• Sander Kvammen Fimland; Andreas Sorte Kjenås; Karin Isaksson Rø et al. (2019). Medisinstudenters holdninger og forventninger til fremtidige arbeidsvilkår. (ekstern lenke)
• Gabriele Leonie Schwarz; Elisabeth Skaar; Ingrid Miljeteig et al. (2024). ICU Admission Preferences in the Hypothetical Event of Acute Critical Illness: A Survey of Very Old Norwegians and Their Next-of-Kins. (ekstern lenke)
• Marie Bjørbak Alnæs; Anne Berit Guttormsen; Ingrid Terreehorst et al. (2025). Norwegian Anaesthesiologist's Perspectives on Perioperative Allergies and Penicillin Allergy Evaluations: A National Survey. (ekstern lenke)
• Vilde Bruland Andresen; Wolfgang Schmid; Tarjei Låstad et al. (2025). “It was 15 minutes without pain” - a mixed methods pilot study on the implementation of music therapy for hospitalised patients with incurable lung disease. (ekstern lenke)
• Gabriele Leonie Schwarz; Brit Ågot Sjøbø; Elisabeth Skaar et al. (2025). ‘I am old, and I will rather abandon life with my eyes open’: a qualitative study of Norwegians aged 80 and older explaining their intensive care unit admission preferences. (ekstern lenke)
• Kristin J Fredriksen; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Jan Olav Johannessen et al. (2019). Preventing Suicide among Psychiatric Inpatients with Psychotic Depression. (ekstern lenke)
• Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Jan Erik Nordrehaug; Kirsti Malterud (2009). "So you think I'll survive?": a qualitative study about doctor-patient dialogues preceding high-risk cardiac surgery or intervention. (ekstern lenke)
• Elisabeth Skaar; Siri Rostoft; Alfonso Cruz-Jentoft et al. (2024). 'If you've lost your personality, there's no point in changing the valve'-a qualitative study of older adults' attitudes towards treatment of aortic stenosis with comorbid dementia. (ekstern lenke)
• Margrethe Aase; Jan Erik Nordrehaug; Kirsti Malterud (2008). "If you cannot tolerate that risk, you should never become a physician": a qualitative study about existential experiences among physicians. (ekstern lenke)
• Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Jan Henrik Rosland; Dagny Renata Faksvåg Haugen (2024). The doctor’s presence created a safe space - a mixed methods study of students’ learning outcomes from an elective course in palliative medicine. (ekstern lenke)
• Nina Britt Fålun; Bengt Gotthard Anton Fridlund; Margrethe Aase Schaufel 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)
• Annabel Eide Ohldieck; Jan Erik Nordrehaug; Per Olav Vandvik et al. (2014). Implementation of transcatheter aortic valve insertion (TAVI) in clinical practice: An ethical analysis. (ekstern lenke)
• Kristian Jansen; Sabine Ruths; Kirsti Malterud et al. (2016). The impact of existential vulnerability for nursing home doctors in end-of-life care: A focus group study. (ekstern lenke)
• Anette Fosse; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Sabine Ruths et al. (2014). End-of-life expectations and experiences among nursing home patients and their relatives — a synthesis of qualitative studies. (ekstern lenke)
• Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Elisabeth Schanche; Kristine Husøy Onarheim et al. (2024). Stretching oneself too thin and facing ethical challenges: Healthcare professionals’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. (ekstern lenke)
• Kjell Arne Johansson; Christian Ohldieck; Margrethe Aase et al. (2001). Skjebnezapping - medisinsk grunnopplæring, legestudenters dannelse og den etiske fordring. (ekstern lenke)
• Anette Fosse; Sytse Zuidema; Froukje Boersma et al. (2017). Nursing home physicians’ assessments of barriers and strategies for end-of-life care in Norway and the Netherlands. (ekstern lenke)
• Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Fabian Gärtner; Jorunn Brekke et al. (2024). En kvinne i 30-årene med forvirring. (ekstern lenke)
• Elisabeth Skaar; Anja Øksnes; Leslie S.P. Eide 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)

Doktorgradsavhandling

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

Vitenskapelig litteraturgjennomgang

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

Konferanseforedrag

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

Leserbrev

• Kristian Jansen; Anette Fosse; Kristina Riis Iden et al. (2015). Vil beholde LCP for døende. (ekstern lenke)
• Tove Skjelbakken; Anne Regine Lager; Elisabeth Sundkvist 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)

Konferanseabstrakt

• Nina Elisabeth Hjorth; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Dagny Faksvåg Haugen (2018). Introducing advance care planning for patients with life-threatening pulmonary disease in the hospital setting – what do patients talk about?. (ekstern lenke)
• Nina Elisabeth Hjorth; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Katrin Rut Sigurdardottir et al. (2019). Healthcare professionals' views on implementation of Advance Care Planning for patients with advanced pulmonary diseases - a pilot study. (ekstern lenke)
• Nina Elisabeth Hjorth; Margrethe Aase Schaufel; Dagny Faksvåg Haugen (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)

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