Linn Okkenhaug Getz

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Linn Okkenhaug Getz er lege, professor i medisinske atferdsfag og leder av Allmennmedisinsk forskningsenhet ved NTNU.

Articles by Linn Okkenhaug Getz

When the text takes control

Linn Okkenhaug Getz

18.03.2026: An analysis of ten patient records from the mental health service gives readers the sense of watching a postmodern collapse of documentation in slow motion. Together with a group of researchers from the Norwegian health service, literary scholar Petter Aaslestad has conducted a study of the medical...

The term functional disorders should be revitalised

Helene Helgeland,
Linn Okkenhaug Getz,
Linn Breen Herner,
Erlend Bøen,
Sverre Myren

30.01.2025: A new definition of 'functional disorder' refers to changes to the functioning of the nervous system and other organ systems. This understanding has now gained wider acceptance among patients and the medical community, but the continued use of outdated terminology is still causing confusion and...

The sustainability of universal health care

Stefán Hjörleifsson,
Linn Okkenhaug Getz

20.02.2023: Our national health service is on the brink of collapse due to the way that resources are being used. We highlight three major threats and call for a rethink and for unity. In Norway, there has been broad political agreement and little debate about the value of a national health service based on...