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The lived experienc...
The lived experience of genital warts : The Swedish example
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- Hammarlund, Kina (author)
- Högskolan i Skövde,Institutionen för vård och natur
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- Nyström, Maria (author)
- Högskolan i Borås,Institutionen för Vårdvetenskap
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- Routledge, 2004
- 2004
- English.
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In: Health Care for Women International. - : Routledge. - 0739-9332 .- 1096-4665. ; 25:5, s. 489-502
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- Our aim in this study was to analyze and describe young Swedish women's experiences of living with genital warts. Interviews with 10 young women, aged 16-21 years, were interpreted within a lifeworld hermeneutic tradition. The women experience themselves as victims of a disgusting disease. Furthermore, they appear to disregard the fact that their own lifestyles could be a risk factor for contracting venereal infections. On the other hand they get to know their bodies better after the gynecological examinations where the treatment begins. Their loss of innocence is considerable; thus it seems fair to compare this experience with earlier epochs' ideas about loss of virginity due to the first intercourse. Consequently the young women also start looking at themselves as adults, and they take responsibility for the consequences of their sexuality.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Tvärvetenskapliga studier inom samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Other Social Sciences -- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary (hsv//eng)
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- Medical sciences
- Medicin
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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