Anna T. Höglund
Professor emerita of Care Ethics and Gender Studies. Expertise in ethical competence for healthcare personnel, moral distress and priorities in healthcare.
Anna T. Höglund is Professor emerita of Care Ethics and Gender Studies. She has worked extensively on the question of ethical competence for health care practitioners. Related research areas are moral distress in clinical settings and prioritizations in health care. She has also published substantially on the topic of equity in healthcare related to the area of gender and ethics. In recent years her research has focused on food ethics, including ethical aspects of food production and consumption.
Anna T. Höglund holds an undergraduate degree in Arts (1997) and a doctoral degree in Theology (2001) from Uppsala University. She became Associate Professor of Ethics in 2006 and was promoted to Professor at the Faculty om Medicine in 2021.

Publications
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Why children’s research assent matters: Exploring three dimensions of autonomy
Part of Nursing Ethics, 2026
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Ethical challenges among registered dietitians in oral nutritional supplement prescription
Part of Nursing Ethics, p. 273-286, 2026
- DOI for Ethical challenges among registered dietitians in oral nutritional supplement prescription
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Part of Trials, 2026
- DOI for Children's participation in assent to paediatric oncology research: experiences of children, siblings and parents
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Mat och måltider. Att välja rätt och laga gott.
Appell förlag, 2026
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Part of Journal of human nutrition and dietetics, 2026
- DOI for Moral Distress and Intention to Leave Current Position Among Registered Dietitians: A Cross-Sectional Study
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Care leaders’ moral distress in older adult care: A scoping review
Part of Nursing Ethics, p. 1545-1563, 2025
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Part of Reproductive Health, 2024
- DOI for Caesarean section on maternal request: a qualitative study of conflicts related to shared decision-making and person-centred care in Sweden
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Parent Perceptions of a Pretend Play Intervention for Their Children With Cancer
Part of Journal of Nursing Research, 2023
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YouTube as a source of information on clinical trials for paediatric cancer
Part of Information, Communication and Society, p. 716-729, 2023
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Part of Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nursing, p. 158-169, 2023
- DOI for Effects of a Pretend Play Intervention on Health-Related Quality of Life in Children With Cancer: A Swedish–German Study
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Teaching
Specific programmes
- Ethics in the Nursing programme
- Ethics in the Midwifery Programme
- Ethics in the Specialist Nursing Programme
PhD-supervision
Ongoing
- Kajsa Norberg Wieslander
- Susanna Pohjola
Completed
- Malin Masterton
- Sofia Kälvemark-Sporrong
- Maria Gottvall
- Erica Falkenström
- Frida Kuhlau
- Mona Pettersson
- Amal Matar