Tove Godskesen
Registered Nurse, Associate Professor of Medical Ethics at Uppsala University and Professor in Nursing at Nord University, Norway.
Tove Godskesen's research is primarily centered on ethics in clinical trials. Additionally, she examines the clinical and ethical challenges that arise in end-of-life care. Her research spans a wide spectrum of care and research settings, encompassing areas such as childhood cancer, intensive care, organ transplantation, home healthcare and homebased care. Toev Godskesen is also involved in research ethics and publication ethics. Concurrently, she works at CRB where she is involved in a project that focuses on issues surrounding coercion, autonomy and informed consent in somatic care.

Publications
Steindal, Simen A; Klarare, Anna; Strøm Sørensen, Benedicte; Holmen, Heidi et al.
Part of Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 2025
Critical care nurses’ experiences ofethical challenges in end-of-life care
Palmryd, Lena; Rejnö, Åsa; Alvariza, Anette
Part of Nursing Ethics, 2024
Støre Brinchmann, Berit; Spliid Ludvigsen, Mette; Godskesen, Tove
Part of BMC Medical Ethics, 2024
- DOI for Nurses’ experience of nasogastric tubefeeding under restraint for Anorexia Nervosain a psychiatric hospital
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YouTube as a source of information on clinical trials for paediatric cancer
Godskesen, Tove; Frygner Holm, Sara; Höglund, Anna T; Eriksson, Stefan
Part of Information, Communication and Society, p. 716-729, 2023
- DOI for YouTube as a source of information on clinical trials for paediatric cancer
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Beyermann, Alexandra; Asp, Margareta; Godskesen, Tove; Söderman, Mirkka
Part of International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 2023
- DOI for Nurses' challenges when supporting the family of patients with ALS in specialized palliative home care: A qualitative study
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Steindal, Simen A; Nes, Andréa Aparecida Gonçalves; Godskesen, Tove; Holmen, Heidi et al.
Part of Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2023
Godskesen, Tove; Björk, Joar; Juth, Niklas
Part of Trials, 2023
- DOI for Challenges regarding informed consent in recruitment to clinical research: a qualitative study of clinical research nurses' experiences
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Godskesen, Tove; Vie, Knut Jørgen; Bülow, William; Holmberg, Bodil et al.
Part of Learned Publishing, p. 554-563, 2023
- DOI for How do journals publishing palliative and end‐of‐life care research report ethical approval and informed consent?
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Godskesen, Tove
Part of Dagens medisin, 2023
Norbäck, Kajsa; Höglund, Anna T; Godskesen, Tove; Frygner Holm, Sara
Part of BMC Medical Ethics, p. 23, 2023
Norberg Wieslander, Kajsa; Höglund, Anna T; Frygner Holm, Sara; Godskesen, Tove
Part of Research Ethics, p. 494-518, 2023
- DOI for Research ethics committee members’ perspectives on paediatric research: a qualitative interview study
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Predatory conferences: a systematic scoping review
Godskesen, Tove; Eriksson, Stefan; Oermann, Marilyn O; Gabrielsson, Sebastian
Part of BMJ Open, 2022
- DOI for Predatory conferences: a systematic scoping review
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Holmberg, Bodil; Godskesen, Tove
Part of BMC Palliative Care, 2022
- DOI for Barriers to and facilitators of ethical encounters at the end of life in a nursing home: an ethnographic study
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Dignity in bodily care at the end of life in a nursing home: an ethnographic study
Holmberg, Bodil; Godskesen, Tove
Part of BMC Geriatrics, 2022
- DOI for Dignity in bodily care at the end of life in a nursing home: an ethnographic study
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Predatory nursing journals: A case study of author prevalence and characteristics
Garbrielsson, Sebastian; Eriksson, Stefan; Godskesen, Tove
Part of Nursing Ethics, p. 823-833, 2021
- DOI for Predatory nursing journals: A case study of author prevalence and characteristics
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Why unethical papers should be retracted
Bülow, William; Godskesen, Tove; Helgesson, Gert; Eriksson, Stefan
Part of Journal of Medical Ethics, 2021
An Effort Worth Making: A Qualitative Study of How Swedes Respond to Antibiotic Resistance
Ancillotti, Mirko; Eriksson, Stefan; Godskesen, Tove; Andersson, Dan I. et al.
Part of Public Health Ethics, p. 1-11, 2021
- DOI for An Effort Worth Making: A Qualitative Study of How Swedes Respond to Antibiotic Resistance
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Steindal, Simen A; Nes, Andréa Aparecida Gonçalves; Godskesen, Tove; Lind, Susanne et al.
Part of JMIR Research Protocols, 2021
Integrity at the end of life in the intensive care unit: a qualitative study of nurses’ views
Palmryd, Lena; Rejnö, Åsa; Godskesen, Tove E.
Part of Annals of Intensive Care, 2021
- DOI for Integrity at the end of life in the intensive care unit: a qualitative study of nurses’ views
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Lundin, Emma; Godskesen, Tove E.
Part of BMC Nursing, 2021
- DOI for End-of-life care for people with advanced dementia and pain: a qualitative study in Swedish nursing homes
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Dignity at stake: Caring for persons with impaired autonomy
Rejnö, Åsa; Ternestedt, Britt-Marie; Lennart, Nordenfelt; Silfverberg, Gunilla et al.
Part of Nursing Ethics, p. 104-115, 2020
Ancillotti, Mirko; Eriksson, Stefan; Andersson, Dan I.; Godskesen, Tove et al.
Part of International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 2020
- DOI for Preferences regarding antibiotic treatment and the role of antibiotic resistance: a discrete choice experiment
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Godskesen, Tove E.; Petri, Suzanne; Eriksson, Stefan; Halkoaho, Arja et al.
Part of Clinical Ethics, p. 29-38, 2020
Patients' Experiences of Telehealth in Palliative Home Care: Scoping Review
Steindal, Simen A.; Nes, Andrea Aparecida Goncalves; Godskesen, Tove; Dihle, Alfhild et al.
Part of Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2020
- DOI for Patients' Experiences of Telehealth in Palliative Home Care: Scoping Review
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Are cancer patients better off if they participate in clinical trials?: A mixed methods study
Engelbak Nielsen, Zandra; Eriksson, Stefan; Schram Harsløf, Laurine Bente; Petri, Suzanne et al.
Part of BMC Cancer, 2020
- DOI for Are cancer patients better off if they participate in clinical trials?: A mixed methods study
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PhD-supervision
- Lena Palmryd, Marie Cederschiöld University (main supervisor)
- Kajsa Norberg Wieslander, Uppsala University (co-supervisor)
- Ulrika Skogeland, Karolinska Institutet/Hospital (co-supervisor)