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Negotiating the (bio)medical gaze – Experiences of trans-specific healthcare in Sweden

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  • Linander, Ida
  • Alm, Erika
  • Hammarström, Anne
  • Harryson, Lisa

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In Sweden as well as in other western countries persons with trans experiences have to go through a clinical evaluation in order to get access to gender-confirming medical procedures. The aim of this study is to analyse care-users' experiences of navigating and negotiating access to gender-confirming medical procedures in Sweden. Biomedicalisation is used as a theoretical framework in order to analyse how technoscientific and neoliberal developments are parts of constructing specific experiences within trans-specific care. Constructivist grounded theory was used to analyse 14 interviews with persons having experiences of, or considering seeking, trans-specific healthcare.

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  • Linander, Ida & Alm, Erika & Hammarström, Anne & Harryson, Lisa, 2017. "Negotiating the (bio)medical gaze – Experiences of trans-specific healthcare in Sweden," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 174(C), pages 9-16.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:174:y:2017:i:c:p:9-16
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.11.030
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