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Men's Views About Hysterectomies and Women Who Have Them
Author(s) -
Bernhard Linda A.
Publication year - 1992
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.1547-5069.1992.tb00715.x
Subject(s) - hysterectomy , medicine , health professionals , sexual relationship , gynecology , psychology , health care , obstetrics , human sexuality , surgery , gender studies , sociology , political science , law
Men's (N=25) views about the effects of hysterectomy on women and on their relationships with women they knew who had experienced hysterectomies were solicited by interviews. Many men were not knowledgeable about hysterectomy. They perceived negative psychological, social and sexual effects of hysterectomy on women; but they did not think hysterectomy affected their relationships with women. However, they also communicate very little with women or health care professionals about hysterectomy.