疼痛的性别世界:妇女,边缘化和慢性疼痛
Kathleen Rice1, Laura Connoy2, Fiona Webster2
1Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
The journal of pain
|July 13, 2024
概括
慢性疼痛研究经常忽视性别,影响治疗. 这项研究揭示了性别,贫困,暴力和照顾责任如何影响边缘化妇女的慢性疼痛经历,需要基于性别和创伤的照顾.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 性别研究是性别研究.
- 疼痛研究 疼痛研究
背景情况:
- 在慢性疼痛研究中,性别被低估了,这限制了对其与社会结构的联系的理解.
- 现有的文献往往缺乏批判性观点,阻碍了将数据转化为可行的治疗建议.
- 社会经济边缘化加剧了女性慢性疼痛经历的复杂性.
研究的目的:
- 批判性地研究性别,慢性疼痛和女性社会经济边缘化的交叉关系.
- 确定社会结构和性别规范如何影响妇女的慢性疼痛经历和获得医疗保健.
- 为制定更有效的,基于性别和创伤的慢性疼痛护理策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 采用了来自机构民族学研究的采访数据的基于性别的次分析.
- 专注于在加拿大经历社会经济边缘化和慢性疼痛的妇女的叙述.
- 采用批判性社会理论方法来分析数据.
主要成果:
- 确定了四个关键主题:健康问题的性别最小化,管理世代间的贫困,生活在暴力和创伤中,以及家庭护理的性别组织.
- 突出了慢性疼痛和边缘化如何放大医疗保健和社会服务中的性别脆弱性.
- 证明女性的慢性疼痛经历与管理日常生活,责任,过去的创伤和照顾其他资源有限的人是不可分割的.
结论:
- 慢性疼痛经历具有深刻的性别特征,并受到社会经济边缘化的重大影响.
- 迫切需要医疗保健和社会服务,这些服务既要以性别为基础,又要以创伤为基础.
- 解决系统性不平等和性别脆弱性对于改善边缘化妇女慢性疼痛护理至关重要.
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