Search for dissertations about: "dsd"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the word dsd.

2. 1. On Science, Law, and Medicine : The case of gender-“normalizing” interventions on children who are diagnosed as different in sex development

   Author : Jameson Garland; Elisabeth Rynning; Laura Carlson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; differences in sex development; dsd; intersex; science-based medicine; consent; experimentation and research; gender; children; human rights; Medicinsk rätt; Medical Law;

   Abstract : For the last six decades in Sweden and the US, surgical and other medical interventions have been utilized to reconstruct and “normalize” children  diagnosed as different in their sex development. Under traditional treatment protocols, clinicians chose an “optimal” gender for the children and used different procedures to give them a typical appearance for that gender – aspiring to support them psychologically – and to facilitate penile-vaginal intercourse. READ MORE

4. 2. Ambivalent Ambiguity? : A study of how women with 'atypical' sex development make sense of female embodiment

   Author : Lisa Guntram; Kristin Zeiler; Karin Zetterqvist-Nelson; Cynthia Kraus; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sex; sex development; ‘atypical’ sex development; female embodiment; adolescence; women; Sweden; uterine and vaginal agenesis; Turner syndrome; intersex; DSD; qualitative methodologies; sense-making; narratives; norms; normality; heteronormativity; resistance; relations; sexual practice; diagnosis; treatment; critique; Kön; könsutveckling; kvinnlig kroppslighet; ”otypisk” könsutveckling; normalitet; tonår; kvinnor; Sverige; MRKH syndrom; uterus och vaginal agenesi; Turner syndrom; intersex; DSD; meningskapande; relationer; kvalitativ metod; narrativ; normalitet; heteronormativitet; sexuell praktik; normer; ifrågasättande; diagnos; behandling; kritik;

   Abstract : Against a backdrop of feminist and social scientific research on sex, female embodiment, and normality this thesis aims to discern how young women, who in adolescence have learned that their bodies are developing in ways considered ‘atypical’ for the female sex, make sense of their bodies and their situation. In focus are the ways in which the women make sense of and negotiate female embodiment; how they, particularly in stories about their interactions with others, position their embodied selves; and how norms and beliefs about sexed embodiment, heterosexual practice, and in/fertility are strengthened and challenged in the interviewees’ sense-making. READ MORE

5. 3. Molecular mechanisms in disorders of gonadal development

   Author : Ameli Norling; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Controlling fertility, or rather infertility, is a common problem for couples nowadays where approximately 10% experience infertility. This thesis focuses on the rare conditions leading to infertility in which the gonads have either failed to develop properly, or prematurely lost their function. READ MORE

6. 4. On the performance of stratified ventilation

   Author : Ulf Larsson; Bahram Moshfegh; Per Heiselberg; Högskolan i Gävle; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Hållbar stadsutveckling; Sustainable Urban Development;

   Abstract : People nowadays spend most of their time indoors, for example in their homes, cars, in trains, at work, etc. In Sweden, the energy demand in the built environment is a growing issue. READ MORE

7. 5. Psychological and psychiatric aspects in women with disorders of sex development

   Author : Hedvig Engberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Disorders of sex development (DSD) are an umbrella term for conditions where biological development of sex is affected. Included in this thesis are women with different DSD; women with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), a disorder causing androgen excess, women with complete androgen insensitivity (CAIS), a disorder of androgen action, and women with complete gonadal dysgenesis (CGD), a complete absence of testicular or ovarian development. READ MORE