Joar Røkke Fystro
Academic interests
- Bioethics in general, but particularly
- the use of (financial) incentives,
- personal responsibility within health policy, and
- disclosure of genetic information to family members.
- The ethical side of economic means, what motivates people, and what should motivate us—which includes different ways of understanding human nature.
The PhD project
My PhD project is about non-attendance charges in the health service. When people do not attend appointments in outpatient clinics, time and resources which could have benefited other patients will go to waste. The purpose of the charge is to motivate patients to attend or cancel their appointments and can be understood as a negative financial incentive. Today you can be charged 1125 NOK (approximately 109 EUR) in Norway if you do not show up as agreed without giving notice 24 hours before.
To dig deeper into the normative foundation of non-attendance charges, I will first conduct a document analysis of pertinent public documents and map out the arguments for and against a non-attendance charge. Thereafter, a survey study will be carried out, where people's conceptions and opinions about the charge are measured through a questionnaire. Last but not least, a theoretical paper will summarise the findings and discuss whether non-attendance charges should be used as a means to reduce non-attendance in healthcare.
Background
- Master of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences (2020), University of Oslo
- Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy (2017), OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
- Bachelor's degree in Social Work (2014), OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
Publications
Fystro, Joar Røkke (2021). Vaccines aren't a reward. Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association. ISSN 0029-2001. 141(6), p. 516. Full text in English.
Feiring, Eli; Traina, Gloria; Fystro, Joar Røkke & Hofmann, Bjørn (2020). Avoiding hypersensitive reluctance to address parental responsibility in childhood obesity. Journal of Medical Ethics. ISSN 0306-6800. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2020-106120 Full text in Research Archive.
Fystro, Joar Røkke (2020). When law meets morality. Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association. ISSN 0029-2001. 140(10), p. 993–995. Full text in English.
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Feiring, Eli; Traina, Gloria; Fystro, Joar Røkke & Hofmann, Bjørn (2020). Avoiding hypersensitive reluctance to address parental responsibility in childhood obesity. Journal of Medical Ethics. ISSN 0306-6800. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106120. Full text in Research Archive
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Fystro, Joar Røkke (2022). Evolusjonen forklarer ikke en vanskelig russetid. Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen.
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Fystro, Joar Røkke & Feiring, Eli (2022). 185:poster The ideas behind charging for non-attendance in healthcare: an analysis of key policy documents in Denmark and Norway. BMJ Global Health. ISSN 2059-7908. 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-ISPH.53.
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Fystro, Joar Røkke (2022). Mellom ansvar og skyld: Personlig ansvar i fysioterapi. Fysioterapeuten. ISSN 0016-3384. 89(1), p. 36–38.
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Fystro, Joar Røkke (2021). Personlig ansvar med fysioterapeut og stipendiat ved UiO Joar Røkke Fystro. [Radio]. Fysioformidlingen (Podcast).
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Fystro, Joar Røkke (2021). – Fysioterapeutens kunnskap kan minimere pasientens følelse av skyld. [Business/trade/industry journal]. Fysioterapeuten.
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Fystro, Joar Røkke (2021). Vaksiner er ingen premie. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. ISSN 0029-2001. 141(6), p. 516–516. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.21.0206.
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Fystro, Joar Røkke (2021). Oppsøkende genetisk informasjonsvirksomhet – en historisk oversikt. Michael. ISSN 1893-9651. 18(1), p. 74–82.
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Fystro, Joar Røkke (2020). Når jus og moral møtes. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. ISSN 0029-2001. 140(10), p. 993–995. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.19.0799.
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Fystro, Joar Røkke (2020). Hva er en umotivert pasient? Fysioterapeuten. ISSN 0016-3384. 87(1), p. 32–33.