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Hormone therapy and the medical encounter:  a qualitative analysis of women's experiences

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HT and the medical encounter: a qualitative analysis of women's experiences
Author(s)
Hyde, Abbey 
Nee, Jean 
Drennan, Jonathan 
Butler, Michelle 
Howlett, Etaoine 
Uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/4087
Date Issued
March 2010
Date Available
11T17:14:51Z February 2013
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this article was to explore women's experiences in biomedical consultations for menopause symptoms, with a particular focus on how hormone therapy (HT) featured during the encounter. Methods: Semistructured interviews were conducted with 39 women, and data were analyzed using a qualitative strategy referred to as Thematic Networks. Results: Several participants whose menopause started before the period of the HT "scares" described being "put on" HT as a matter of course, even when their symptoms were mild. By contrast, some of those presenting in the more recent time period with what they deemed to be severe symptoms were more likely to describe scenarios whereby they pressured their physicians for an HT prescription. Once on HT, participants were found to be far from passive recipients of a biomedical "treatment" but rather embarked on an active dialogue with themselves about how to manage the distressing aspects of menopause. Conclusions: Using HT did not tend to spell a transition to biomedical advocacy, despite its reported effectiveness in moderating bodily distresses. Rather, HT tended to retain a tentative status as a temporary relief and not a long-term panacea.
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Journal
Menopause: Journal of the North American Menopause Society
Volume
17
Issue
2
Start Page
344
End Page
350
Copyright (Published Version)
2010 The North American Menopause Society
Keywords
  • Menopause

  • Qualitative

  • Hormone therapy

  • Women's health

  • Physician-patient enc...

DOI
10.1097/gme.0b013e3181c6b26f
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
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