Cecilia Bartholdson

Cecilia Bartholdson is an Associate Professor and Docent at Karolinska Institutet, where she is affiliated with the Department of Women's and Children's Health. She leads the Pediatrics Nursing Science Ped V research group, focusing on improving pediatric healthcare through research in clinical ethics, children's rights, transition from pediatric to adult care, support for new diagnoses, patient experiences, and language barriers in healthcare.

Her educational background includes a Doctor of Philosophy from Karolinska Institutet's Department of Women's and Children's Health (2015) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Specialist Nursing from Karolinska Institutet (2010).

Dr. Bartholdson's research primarily focuses on clinical ethics in pediatric healthcare, with special emphasis on moral distress, ethics case reflection, and ethical challenges in childhood cancer care. Her work bridges nursing science, medical ethics, and pediatric oncology, exploring how healthcare professionals navigate complex moral situations and how these experiences affect patient care. She has conducted extensive research on parental experiences with ethical challenges in cancer care and children's own perspectives on moral dilemmas during treatment.

Her publication record shows a strong trend toward interdisciplinary research that combines nursing, ethics, and pediatrics. Over the past decade, she has published consistently in high-impact journals such as BMC Medical Ethics, Nursing Ethics, and European Journal of Oncology Nursing. Her recent work has expanded into areas including juvenile arthritis support programs, transition care from pediatric to adult rheumatology services, and patient-reported experience measures in pediatric healthcare.

• Research group: Pediatrics Nursing Science Ped V
• Current employment: Affiliated to Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet (2024-2027)
• Specialized expertise: Clinical ethics support systems, moral distress measurement, pediatric oncology nursing