Hans Hadders
About
Hans Hadders is associate professor at Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at NTNU. He has a background in nursing and his PhD is in social anthropology. During the eighties Hadders spent six years at the Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan (West Bengal) studying North Indian Music. He has done research on the mortuary rituals performed by the Jadopatias in the Santal villages of Bengal and Jharkhand, India. Besides his focus on mortuary rituals and standardisation of death in India and within the Norwegian health care, his field of specialisation is medical anthropology. Hadders is involved in the collaboration with Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences; Dhulikhel Hospital and Kathmandu Medical College; Sinamangal Hospital in Nepal.
Research
Publications
2024
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Hadders, Hans Per Åke.
(2024)
COVID-19 corpse management in Nepal: handling the deceased at Pashupati electric crematorium during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mortality
Academic article
2022
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Hadders, Hans.
(2022)
Temple eye banking: cornea donation practice at Pashupati crematorium in Nepal.
Mortality
Academic article
2021
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Hadders, Hans.
(2021)
Hindu urn burial in Norway: an option for the
future?.
Mortality
Academic article
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Hadders, Hans;
Nugteren, Albertina;
Poudel, Rojisha.
(2021)
Ke garne? (What can one do?). An exploration of how people ‘on the ground’ perceived the incomplete improvised mortuary rituals at Pashupatinath after the earthquake in Nepal, 2015.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2018
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Paulsen, Bård;
Johnsen, Roar;
Hadders, Hans.
(2018)
Nurses' experience with relatives of patients receiving end-of-life-care in nursing homes and at home – a questionnaire based explorative study.
Nursing Open
Academic article
2017
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Hadders, Hans.
(2017)
Establishment of electric crematorium in Nepal: continuity, changes and challenges.
Mortality
Academic article
Journal publications
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Hadders, Hans Per Åke.
(2024)
COVID-19 corpse management in Nepal: handling the deceased at Pashupati electric crematorium during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mortality
Academic article
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Hadders, Hans.
(2022)
Temple eye banking: cornea donation practice at Pashupati crematorium in Nepal.
Mortality
Academic article
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Hadders, Hans.
(2021)
Hindu urn burial in Norway: an option for the
future?.
Mortality
Academic article
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Paulsen, Bård;
Johnsen, Roar;
Hadders, Hans.
(2018)
Nurses' experience with relatives of patients receiving end-of-life-care in nursing homes and at home – a questionnaire based explorative study.
Nursing Open
Academic article
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Hadders, Hans.
(2017)
Establishment of electric crematorium in Nepal: continuity, changes and challenges.
Mortality
Academic article
Part of book/report
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Hadders, Hans;
Nugteren, Albertina;
Poudel, Rojisha.
(2021)
Ke garne? (What can one do?). An exploration of how people ‘on the ground’ perceived the incomplete improvised mortuary rituals at Pashupatinath after the earthquake in Nepal, 2015.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Outreach
2026
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2026) Deathscapes in diaspora: Hindu urn burial, mourning and memorialization at Norwegian cemeteries. Place and Placelessness: Changing Roles of the Cemetery in the Contemporary World , Lund 11.02.2026 - 13.02.2026
2025
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans Per Åke. (2025) Temple eye banking: the multiple ontologies of cornea necro donation at Pashupati crematorium in Nepal. Antropologidagene , Trondheim 02.04.2025 - 03.04.2025
2024
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LectureHadders, Hans Per Åke. (2024) Kulturforståelse og Kultursensitivitet. Fagdag i Migrasjonshelse , Trondheim 05.11.2024 - 05.11.2024
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans Per Åke. (2024) Hornhinne donasjon ved palliativ avdeling. DERK - seminar i regi av forskernettverket Døden: Emosjoner, relasjoner og kultur (DERK) , Oslo 12.09.2024 - 12.09.2024
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans Per Åke. (2024) The gift of the eye: the multiple ontologies of cornea necro donation at Pashupati crematorium in Nepal. INTERNATIONAL DEATH AND GRIEF CONFERENCE: Reckoning for the Dead and Death , Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence (SNIoE), Delhi NCR 17.01.2024 - 19.01.2024
2019
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Lecture
2013
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2013) Cremation in Norway: changes and challenges. 9th Annual Norwegian Health Sociology Conference , Trondheim 23.04.2013 - 24.04.2013
2012
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PosterHadders, Hans; Paulsen, Bente; Fougner, Vigdis. (2012) Post mortem care in a palliative medical unit: Relatives’ participation in leave-taking events. The 7th World Research Congress of the EAPC , Trondheim 07.06.2012 - 09.06.2012
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2012) Hindu cremations in Norwegian crematoria: challenges and changes. Mortality, death and dying: philosophical and social perspectives , Helsinki 22.08.2012 - 24.08.2012
2010
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans; Alnæs, anne hambro. (2010) Enacting death: contested and contestable practices in the ICU. Norsk Antropologisk Forenings Årskonferanse , Trondheim, Norge 07.05.2010 - 09.05.2010
2009
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2009) Sjukhusdöden; rutin eller ritual?. utenTitteltekst , Øya Helsehus, Trondheim 05.04.2009 - 05.04.2009
2008
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2008) Måter sykepleiere behandler døden og den døde kroppen på: distanse og nærhet. Vidareutdanning i kreftsykepleie , Trondheim 26.05.2008 -
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PosterHadders, Hans. (2008) Standardisering av sykehusdøden. En klinisk affære?. Fagdag ved St. Olavs Hospital , Øya Helsehus, Trondheim 13.11.2008 - 13.11.2008
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2008) Dealing with the dead patient: Nurses and post-mortem care. Ritual and Health 02.05.2008 - 03.05.2008
2007
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2007) Picture Recitations of the Jadopatias in North India. Sound and Image. 27th Annual Conference In Visual Anthropology , Trondheim 14.06.2007 - 16.06.2007
2006
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2006) Liv och död på intensiven. Medidinsk antropologi, Antropologi i praksis , Suhm-huset, Trondheim 24.04.2006 - 24.04.2006
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InterviewHadders, Hans. (2006) Døden på sjukehuset. Forskerforum 1/2006 Forskerforum 1/2006 [Internet] 01.03.2006
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2006) Technology, care and ritual: relatives’ presence in connection with a death at the intensive care unit. Participation in Practice , Trondheim 20.01.2006 - 20.01.2006
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2006) ”Iscenesettelse” av døden på intensivavdelingen. Norsk Antropologisk Forenings Årskonferanse 2006: Homo Faber, Redskapsbrukeren , Trondheim 19.05.2006 - 21.05.2006
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2006) Liv og død på intensiven. Medisinsk antropologi & Antropologi i praksis. Seminar for sos-ant-studenter , Sum-huset, Trondheim 24.04.2006 - 24.04.2006
2005
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Interview
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2005) Post-mortem care and the dignity of the dead patient at the intensive care unit. 7th International Conference. The Social Context of Death, Dying and Disposal , University of Bath, Bath, UK 15.09.2005 - 18.09.2005
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2005) Palliative care and the dignity of the dead patient at the intensive care unit. Suffering and Narration. Scandinavian workshop in social Anthropology , Trondheim 14.01.2005 - 14.01.2005
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2005) Multivalent procedural manuals and institutionalised death. Medicalized routine or humanized ritual?. "Globalization, indentity and standardization" , Trondheim (Dragvoll) 11.03.2005 - 12.03.2005
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2005) Moving Identities: The Jadopatia, the Santals and the Myth of Creation. Reinterpreting Adivasi (Indigenous Peoples) Movements in South Asia , Brighton 21.03.2005 - 23.03.2005
2004
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LectureHadders, Hans. (2004) Kultur; en forklaring eller forkludring?. Verden inn på sykehuset , St. Olavs Hospital, Kurs i regi av Intensivsykepleiere i Sør-Trønderla 23.03.2004 -
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2004) Musikaliskt fältarbete, resonans och musikens många omstridda ontologier. , Trondheim 15.03.2004 -
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PosterHadders, Hans; Hagen, Vigdis; Torvik, Karin; Petersvik, Bjørg. (2004) Rutiner og ritualer ved livets slutt:Pårørendes deltakelse i forbindelse med dødsfall ved Seksjon lindrende behandling, Kreftavdelingen, St Olavs Hospital. Jubileumskonferanse. Seksjon lindrende behandling 10 år , Trondheim 04.11.2004 - 06.11.2004
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PosterHadders, Hans; Torvik, Karin; Hagen, Vigdis; Petersvik, Bjørg. (2004) Routines and Rituals at the time of death.Relative�s participation in leave-taking events. 13th International Conference on Cancer Nursing , Sidney 09.08.2004 - 12.08.2004
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2004) Avskedsritualers betydelse på den palliativa vårdavdelningen. 7. Nordiske Kongress for Palliativ Vård , Århus 26.05.2004 - 29.05.2004
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2004) Vilken betydelse har vår uppfattning av den dødes værensstatus för hur vi förstår sorg och de sörgande?. Jubileumskonferanse. Seksjon lindrende behandling 10 år , Trondheim 04.11.2004 - 06.11.2004
2003
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Programme participationHadders, Hans. (2003) Faglig innlegg i samband med utstillingen "Far Vel". Tv-Norge, Nyheter Tv-trøndelag Tv-Norge, Nyheter Tv-trøndelag [TV] 06.10.2003
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LectureHadders, Hans. (2003) Between the living and the dead. Forskningsforum på Kreftavdelingen ved St. Olavs hospital , Trondheim 29.10.2003 -
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LectureHadders, Hans. (2003) Mellan levande och döda; ritualer omkring döden i olika samfunn. , Trondheim, Sverresborg 13.10.2003 -
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LectureHadders, Hans. (2003) Faglig innlegg i forbindelse med visning av utstillingen "Far Vel". Nidaros-kongressen , Trondheim, Sverresborg folkemuseum 22.10.2003 -
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LectureHadders, Hans. (2003) Mellan levande och döda: Registrering av rutiner ved dødsfall. FSK-konferanse (forum for sykepleie i kreftomsorgen) , Tromsø 06.09.2003 -
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2003) Smerte i et krysskulturelt perspektiv. Nidaros-kongressen , Trondheim, Sverresborg 24.10.2003 -
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2003) Between the living and the dead; Nursing care of dead bodies. Norsk Antropologisk Forenings årskonferanse, 2003: "Antropologisk merkevare" , Tromsø 11.05.2003 -
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Academic lecture
2002
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2002) Life, death and creation: The Jadopatia and the Karam Binti. NOFSA- konferanse, Religions in South-Asia , Oslo, UiO, Blindern 24.08.2002 -
2001
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Academic lecture
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2001) Life, Death and Creation; The Jadopatias working among the Santal. Death Rituals and Belonging in a Globalized World , Maison des Sciences de l´Homme, CNRS, Paris 26.10.2001 -
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Academic lecture
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PosterHadders, Hans. (2001) Evaluering av rutiner ved dødsfall. FSKs jublieumskonferanse. Balansekunst , Royal Garden Hotel, Trondheim 26.09.2001 -
2000
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Academic lectureHadders, Hans. (2000) "Between tribe and caste; The Jadopatias of Bengal". 16th European Modern South Asian Studies Conference , Edinburgh, Scotland 09.09.2000 - 11.09.2000
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Academic lecture
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PosterHadders, Hans. (2000) Evaluering av rutiner ved dødsfall. Mittnorsk fagforum , RIT, Trondheim 26.05.2000 -
1999
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LectureHadders, Hans. (1999) Fremmedkulturelle pasienter - variasjoner i smerteopplevelse og medikamentbehov?. RIT- Postoperativ smertebehandling , Trondheim 15.11.1999 -
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LectureHadders, Hans. (1999) Holdninger til menneske, helse, sykdom og død i ulike kulturer. Seksjon lindrende behandling, Kreft, RIT , RIT, Trondhiem 08.09.1999 -
1996
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Lecture