Search for dissertations about: "abortion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 102 swedish dissertations containing the word abortion.

2. 1. The Swedish Abortion Pill : Co-Producing Medical Abortion and Values, ca. 1965–1992

   Author : Morag Ramsey; Solveig Jülich; Francis Lee; Jean-Paul Gaudillière; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Medical abortion; abortion pill; history of medicine; reproduction; reproductive technologies; feminist STS; History of Sciences and Ideas; Idé- och lärdomshistoria;

   Abstract : Abortion pills have had a large impact. Since their introduction to national markets in the 1990s, scholars have examined how abortion pills have changed medical practices, illegal abortion, and reproductive activism. What has gone unstudied, however, has been the development and the history of abortion pills. READ MORE

4. 2. Unintended Pregnancy, Abortion and Prevention : Women and Men's Experiences and Needs

   Author : Marlene Makenzius; Margareta Larsson; Tanja Tydén; Elisabeth Darj; Jan Brynhildsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Induced abortion; Risk factors; Unwanted pregnancy; Repeat abortion; Patient satisfaction; Prevention; Existential expression; Home abortion; Care; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

   Abstract : Women and men’s experiences and needs in relation to induced abortion, and their views on the prevention of unintended pregnancies were explored through questionnaire studies at 10 and13 Swedish women’s clinics (Papers I–IV). Among 798 women in age range 14 – 49, 35% had experience of at least one previous abortion, and in the age range 20 – 49, 41%. READ MORE

5. 3. Urban women applying for induced abortion. Studies of epidemiology, attitudes and emotional reactions

   Author : Hanna Söderberg; gynekologisk och prenatal ultraljudsdiagnostik Obstetrisk; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Obstetrik; reproduction; sexuality; andrology; Obstetrics; gynaecology; Induced abortion; risk areas; continued pregnancy; socio-demographic differences; reasons for abortion; interview study; selection bias; emotional distress; repeat abortion; ethnic problems; use of an compliance with contraceptives; gynekologi; andrologi; reproduktion; sexualitet;

   Abstract : In Sweden between 32-38,000 women annually elect to terminate pregnancy by means of induced abortion, though their reasons are still not well understood. The purpose of these studies, carried out at the Department of Obstetrics and gynecology and of Community Medicine at University Hospital, Malmö, was to elucidate the incidence of induced abortion in an urban population, with special emphasis on epidemiological and socio-demographic factors, the women's attitude to abortion, and the incidence and severity of post-abortion emotional reactions. READ MORE

6. 4. "Therapeutic abortion" on demand : a social-psychiatric study of some background factors in legal abortion

   Author : Lars Jacobsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

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7. 5. Recurrent spontaneous abortion : a clinical, immunological and genetic study

   Author : Barbara Jablonowska; Ole Christiansen B.; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : Recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) is defined as the loss of three or more consecutive pregnancies before 20 completed gestational weeks. The condition affects 0.5-1% of all women. In the majority of women with RSA, the cause remains unexplained after genetic, endocrine, immunological and anatomical investigations of the couple. READ MORE