Essays about: "medical discourse"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 37 essays containing the words medical discourse.

  1. 16. Assigned Gender Before Birth : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Desires, Identities, and Ideologies in Online Discussions of Non-medical Sex Selection

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : Amanda Birging; [2021]
    Keywords : Reproductive technologies; family balancing; sex selection; biomedicalization; hypernormativity; gender assignment; enhancement technologies; Reproduktiva teknologier; könsval; könsselektering; biomedikalisering; hypernormativitet;

    Abstract : Human reproduction is increasingly commodified, which paves the way for reproductive enhancement rather than just assistance. Non-medical gender/sex selection is one of the reproductive enhancement services that is offered on the fertility market, and it is a practice that raises severe concerns regarding the social and political impact of biotechnologies. READ MORE

  3. 17. "It's not a secret that all children are different." : A Critical Discourse Analysis of how intersexed bodies are represented in Swedish sex education teacher's manuals

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : Laura Hagström; [2021]
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    Abstract : This thesis investigates how intersexed bodies are represented in internet-based sex education teachers’ materials for school years 4-6. This study also investigates how the materials reproduce and challenge which gendered subjects are marginalized and which are privileged. READ MORE

  4. 18. Managing cost accounting implementation through discourse: A single case study of PEC model implementation in Region Halland

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Justus Kokki; Like Ma; [2020]
    Keywords : Hospitals; Accounting and organizational change; Process analysis; Time-driven activity-based costing; Implementation of new system;

    Abstract : This paper examines accounting and organizational change process and its institutional background by conducting a case study of the implementation process of a simplified Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing system in a Swedish Healthcare Region. Using a framework adapted from Zbaracki (1998), separating reality and rhetoric along a process-view, the paper examines how institutional forces enter the implementation process and how the arising tensions are managed along the process. READ MORE

  5. 19. The Healthcare Factory: Healthcare in the European and Swedish political economies between 1973-2020

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emil Fridolfsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Critical political economy; healthcare; European Union; Sweden; New Public Management; Critical Discourse Analysis; healthcare choice; Fordism; post- Fordism; sjukvård; hälso- och sjukvård; LOV; lagen om valfrihetssystem; vårdval; Europeiska Unionen; inre marknaden; integration; HSL; vårdgaranti; Region Skåne; ERT; European round-table of industrialists; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Healthcare might seem like it is a purely medical issue. Nothing could be further from the truth. Both politics, law and the economy are all closely tied to healthcare. In this thesis I analyze the sensitive topic of healthcare through a critical understanding of the European and Swedish political economies from the 1970s until today. READ MORE

  6. 20. Resistance is Utile : a study of civil society organizing for public service regarding the Occupation of Sollefteå Hospital

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Mimmi Andersson Johansen; [2020]
    Keywords : resistance; occupation; discourse; biopower; identification; cultural heritage;

    Abstract : The declining access to public service is a concern for most rural areas in Sweden. This study aims to understand how civil society organize in order to maintain public service with the example of the occupation of Sollefteå Hospital. The protest opposes the closure of acute health care wards, most notably the maternity ward. READ MORE