Search for dissertations about: "reproductive technologies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the words reproductive technologies.

2. 1. Good Parents, Better Babies : An Argument about Reproductive Technologies, Enhancement and Ethics

   Author : Erik Malmqvist; Fredrik Svenaeus; Stellan Welin; Eric Juengst; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Aristotelian practical philosophy; bioethics; hermeneutical ethics; human enhancement; instrumentalisation; moral intuitions; non-consequentialism; parenting; philosophy of medicine; practical wisdom; reproductive technologies; Aristotelisk praktisk filosofi; bioetik; förbättringar; föräldraskap; hermeneutisk etik; icke-konsekventialism; instrumentalisering; medicinens filosofi; moraliska intuitioner; praktisk vishet; provrörsbefruktning; Ethics; Etik;

   Abstract : This study is a contribution to the bioethical debate about new and possibly emerging reproductive technologies. Its point of departure is the intuition, which many people seem to share, that using such technologies to select non-disease traits – like sex and emotional stability - in yet unborn children is morally problematic, at least more so than using the technologies to avoid giving birth to children with severe genetic diseases, or attempting to shape the non-disease traits of already existing children by environmental means, like education. READ MORE

4. 2. 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

5. 3. Assisted reproductive technologies for fertility preservation and fertility treatment in young women with cancer

   Author : Anna Marklund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Loss of fertility as a potential side effect of anti-neoplastic treatments may have a significant negative impact on the survivors’ quality of life. Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) have been adapted and further developed for fertility preservation (FP) and fertility treatments in young women with cancer. READ MORE

6. 4. Biomarkers in mid-trimester amniotic fluid in relation to gestational duration and spontaneous preterm delivery

   Author : Maria Hallingström; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; amniotic fluid; biomarkers; cytokine; damage-associated molecular pattern; gestation; gestational duration; inflammation; labor; mid-trimester; multiplex; pregnancy clock; proteins; spontaneous preterm delivery; term delivery;

   Abstract : Background: The biological mechanisms and physiological pathways of pregnancy maintenance and timing of delivery are complex and multifactorial. Pregnancy clocks, partly controlled by timing mechanisms linked to fetal development, which regulate the onset of labor has previously been described. READ MORE

7. 5. Gender, Technology and Knowledge

   Author : Sara Goodman; Genusvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Studies of Science and Technolgy STS ; Sweden; Gender; sociology; computerization; globalization; gender and work; gender division of labor; midwifery; midwives; India; reproductive technology; globalisation;

   Abstract : During the last 15 years questions concerning gender, technology and knowledge, have become increasingly recognized as central to the field of the sociology of technology. Nonetheless, critical questions remain unanswered. These issues are addressed here through investigations of the relationship between gender, work, knowledge and technology. READ MORE