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The Color Gray: Ambiguity and Infertility
Author(s) -
Sandelowski Margarete
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1987.tb00594.x
Subject(s) - ambiguity , infertility , gray (unit) , pregnancy , psychology , medicine , gynecology , computer science , biology , genetics , radiology , programming language
Ambiguity was found to be the most prevalent experience in a group of infertile women. The women's descriptions of ambiguity, expressed as uncertainty about the causes and cures of infertility, pregnancy diagnosis and outcome, life pursuits and control, and identity are presented and compared with the literature on ambiguity and disease or disability. Questions are raised for clinicians and researchers.