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Carl Tollef Solberg er ph.d., lege, filosof og professor ved Senter for medisinsk etikk, Universitetet i Oslo og adjungert professor ved Videncenter for Rehabilitering og Palliation (REPHA), Syddansk universitet i Danmark.
Articles by Carl Tollef Solberg
Palliative psychiatry
- Anders Malkomsen,
- Carl Tollef Solberg
13.10.2025:
Additional curative approaches may do more harm than good in patients with severe mental illness who continue to experience symptoms despite multiple attempts at treatment. This highlights the need for palliative psychiatry. Many psychiatrists are well aware that some patients with severe mental...
Psychiatry's clarification of expectations
- Anders Malkomsen,
- Carl Tollef Solberg
06.05.2025:
Psychiatry's crisis of expectations is due to an increasing gap between expectations and resources. To avoid exacerbating the crisis, we must clarify these expectations. We have asserted earlier that psychiatry is facing a crisis of expectations (1), and that there are at least three complementary...
The expectation gap in psychiatry must be reduced
- Anders Malkomsen,
- Carl Tollef Solberg
13.04.2023:
If the expectations for psychiatry increase faster than the access to resources, the expectation gap will only continue to grow, leading to a crisis in psychiatry. We can manage this gap by reducing expectations, increasing efficiency or increasing resources. In an earlier article, we claimed that...
Norwegian Medical Association should represent members' views on assisted dying
- Andreas Wahl Blomkvist,
- Pia Zadig,
- Edvin Schei,
- Gro Nylander,
- Carl Tollef Solberg,
- Martin Ryssdal,
- Filip Stojanovic,
- Wasim Zahid,
- Synne Bernhard
23.06.2022:
A growing number of doctors in Norway no longer support the Norwegian Medical Association's view on assisted dying. A number of medical associations internationally have taken a neutral stance. The Norwegian Medical Association should consider doing the same. In line with changes in public opinion...
Psychiatry's crisis of expectations
- Anders Malkomsen,
- Carl Tollef Solberg
10.02.2022:
The Norwegian discourse on mental health care has revealed a wide gap between expectations and realities. In somatic medicine, it is accepted that some diseases are chronic and terminal. Why is this different in psychiatry? There are still some people who become psychotic and commit murder. Such...
Heroes in white?
- Espen Gamlund,
- Karl Erik Müller,
- Amalie C. Solberg,
- Carl Tollef Solberg
26.10.2020:
Do doctors have a moral obligation to provide medical care if they lack adequate personal protective equipment during a pandemic? Neither the Declaration of Geneva, the Norwegian Medical Association's ethical guidelines nor the Norwegian laws give us a precise answer. We will argue that the answer...
Artificial intelligence and the future art of medicine
- Amalie C. Solberg,
- Karl Erik Müller,
- Carl Tollef Solberg
20.01.2020:
In the art of medicine of the future, it will be important to know when to use artificial intelligence and when we should let natural intelligence work undisturbed. Some argue that artificial intelligence means safer diagnoses, more tailored treatments and better quality of treatment (1). We share...
Developing a vaccine for leishmaniasis: how biology shapes policy
- Karl Erik Müller,
- Carl Tollef Solberg,
- Juliana Ide Aoki,
- Lucile Maria Floeter-Winter,
- Audun Helge Nerland
25.12.2017:
One aim of the Sustainable Development Goals is to end the epidemics of neglected tropical diseases by 2030. A multifaceted approach is needed to tackle leishmaniasis, keeping in mind the parasite, as well as its vector, host and reservoir. Attention should be focused on sustainable and achievable...