Sökning: "contested illnesses"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden contested illnesses.

1. 1. Kunskap, kontrovers och kvicksilver : debatten om amalgamförgiftning i det sena 1900-talets Sverige

   Författare :Jonatan Samuelsson; Christer Nordlund; Erland Mårald; Ylva Söderfeldt; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; amalgam; dentistry; co-production; medical history; controversy; boundary-work; biocommunicability; 20th century; Sweden; patient-consumer; contested illnesses; patient organizations; idé- och lärdomshistoria; History Of Sciences and Ideas; medicinsk humaniora; Medical Humanities;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation in the history of science and ideas studies the Swedish dental amalgam controversy in the late 20th century. Erupting in the early 1980s, the controversy concerned the issue of whether mercury containing dental amalgams could poison those who had had their teeth filled, or whether the many patients making such claims were in fact suffering from stress, unresolved trauma, or other illnesses. LÄS MER

3. 2. Diagnosens dilemman : Identitet, anpassning och motstånd hos kvinnor med ADHD

   Författare :Kitty Lassinantti; Rafael Lindqvist; Elisabet Näsman; Per Solvang; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; medical sociology; critical sociology; women; neuropsychiatric diagnosis; ADHD; biomedicalization; pharmaceuticalization; identity; gender; femininity; narrative analysis; Sociologi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the increasing medicalization of society, the process whereby social phenomenon are transformed into medical problems. Alike the general tendency of neu- ropsychiatric diagnoses, the number of people with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactiv- ity Disorder) has increased and expanded from a boys’ diagnosis to include both adult men and women. LÄS MER