Sökning: "the medicalization process"
Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 10 avhandlingar innehållade orden the medicalization process.
6. A systemic stigmatization of fat people
Sammanfattning : The aim of this work was to develop knowledge about and awareness of fatness stigmatization from a systemic perspective. The stigmatization of fat people was located as a social problem in a second-order reality in which human fatness is observed and responded to, in turn providing it with negative meaning. LÄS MER
7. Att formulera problem i barnpsykiatriska samtal
Sammanfattning : The present study explores problem-formulation processes in Swedish child and adolescent psychiatry (Sw. Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri, BUP), drawing on an ethnomethodological conversation analytic approach to institutional talk. LÄS MER
8. Frisk och sjuk : Vardagliga föreställningar om hälsan och dess motsatser
Sammanfattning : The purpose of the present study is to analyse the content of everyday conceptions of health and illness and to elucidate through this analysis what these conceptions can tell us about our time.The analysis is based on two types of material: interviews with lay persons about health and illness, and newspaper articles and biographies concerning certain topics. LÄS MER
9. Struggling for clarity : cultural context, gender and a concept of depression in general practice
Sammanfattning : Many depressed patients attend primary health care, and minority-group patients often see general practitioners for depressive symptoms. The diagnosis and classification criteria of depression and guidelines for management are based on symptoms. LÄS MER
10. Female genital mutilation in Sierra Leone
Sammanfattning : Background: The prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Sierra Leone is the seventh highest in Africa, yet little research has been done on its effects on girls and women. Objectives: This thesis aims to provide knowledge on the effects and experiences of girls and women, and the views of adolescent boys, about FGM which is performed within the initiation ceremony of the Bondo Society in Sierra Leone. LÄS MER