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Representations of hysterectomy as a transition process in Finnish women’s and health magazines
Author(s) -
Nykanen Kaisa,
Suominen Tarja,
Nikkonen Merja
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.678
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1471-6712
pISSN - 0283-9318
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2010.00861.x
Subject(s) - hysterectomy , medicine , content analysis , health care , transition (genetics) , psychology , gynecology , obstetrics , sociology , political science , surgery , social science , law , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Scand J Caring Sci; 2011; 25; 608–616
Representations of hysterectomy as a transition process in Finnish women’s and health magazines The purpose of this article was to describe representations of hysterectomy in Finnish women’s and health magazines. The data used in the study were obtained from six Finnish women’s and health magazines. Using content analysis, 42 articles were analysed. We identified two main categories, information about care and treatment and women’s experiences. In the first category, there emerged six subcategories: role of uterus, indications for hysterectomy, operative techniques of hysterectomy, alternative methods of treatment, pros and cons of hysterectomy and patient guidance. The second category consisted of women’s experiences of hysterectomy as a period of transition. The components of the transition theory were confirmed by the women’s stories. We also wanted to highlight the fact that the result shows that nurses were missing from the media coverage regarding hysterectomy.