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Ásgeir R. Helgason (born 1957) is an Icelandic scientist working at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. Since 2002 he has been an associate professor in psychology at the Departments of Oncology-Pathology and Public Health at the Karolinska Institutet and Reykjavik University, Iceland. He is best known for his population based research on sexual function〔31st NACS conference, September 4–7, 2008 13:10-14.00 Ásgeir Helgason, Iceland/Sweden: Opening lecture. "Waning orgasm pleasure after radical treatment for localized prostate cancer and impacts on .〕 and emotional isolation 〔Emotional isolation in elderly men: ().〕 in elderly men and prostate cancer patients, patient trade-off 〔PhD thesis (1997): Prostate Cancer Treatment and Quality of Life – a Three Level Epidemiological Approach.〕 and his work on smoking cessation and quitlines.〔Smoking cessation - quitlines:().〕 Helgason was a prime mover in the establishment of the Swedish and Icelandic national quitlines for smoking cessation (1998) and responsible for their development. He was also engaged in the development of a similar telephone based proactive treatment for people who seek help for controlling their alcohol consumption (alcohol quitline).〔http://www.substanceabusepolicy.com/content/9/1/28.〕 Other work includes research on motivational interviewing and palliative care 〔(Death talk )〕 of cancer patients and its effect on long term well-being in surviving spouses. Ásgeir has two sons Hugi and Muni after Odin's ravens Hugin and Munin. His brother-in-law is writer and humorist Tim Moore, his father is scientist Helgi Valdimarsson and he is a brother of scientist Agnar Helgason. ==References and sources== *PhD thesis (1997): Prostate Cancer Treatment and Quality of Life – a Three Level Epidemiological Approach *Sexual function in middle aged and elderly men: () *Emotional isolation in elderly men: () *Smoking cessation - quitlines: () *SvD - on emotional isolation (Swedish): () *Aftonbladet - on emotional isolation (Swedish): () *DN - on oral tobacco (Swedish): () *DN debatt (Swedish)(Samtal om döden/Death talk ) *(Death talk ) * (''List of scientific publications'' at ''US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health'' ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ásgeir Helgason」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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