‘Sometimes I Can, Sometimes I Can't’: The Influence of Arthritis on Mothers' Habits

Smith, Lynn; Smith, Sharon; Montie, Pam; Suto, Melinda

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“…, Backman et al . , Wilson ). Women report that health professionals objectify them and expect that they will prioritize medical treatment over everything else in their lives (Fisher & O'Connor ).…”

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“…As women are invested in their identities as mothers, it is important for healthcare professionals to acknowledge when a patient is also a mother (Davies & Allen 2007, Fisher & O'Connor 2011. However, healthcare professionals are portrayed as uninterested in and insensitive to the maternal concerns of their patients, instead focusing on the disease and its treatment (Elmberger et al 2005, Montgomery et al 2006, Backman et al 2007, Wilson 2007. Women report that health professionals objectify them and expect that they will prioritize medical treatment over everything else in their lives (Fisher & O'Connor 2011).…”

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Misunderstood as mothers: women's stories of being hospitalized for illness in the postpartum period

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Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Findings from this study suggest that women are more likely to remember times that health professionals failed to understand the primacy that mothering held for them or facilitate their efforts to continue to mother despite illness. Nurses and midwives should regularly reflect on their personal values in regard to mothering, validate women's attempts to mother to the best of their ability during illness and find ways to support and empower women in their mothering.

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