Socio-Cultural Mechanism of Infertile Women's Experience and Nursing

Cho, Nam Ok; Park, Young Sook

doi:1996.2.2.191

J Korean Acad Women Health Nurs > Volume 2(2); 1996 > Article

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Women's Health Nursing 1996;2(2):191-202.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.1996.2.2.191

Socio-Cultural Mechanism of Infertile Women's Experience and Nursing

¹Part time Instructor, College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
²Professor, College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Pregnancy and delivery are the God's blessing as well as the right of all married women. But, these are agonizing events for the infertile women. Therefore, supportive nursing care for the infertile women is crucial in the process of diagnosis and treatment of infertility. The introduction of In Vitro Fertilization is a solution for infertility. But we take it serious that such socio-cultural factors as patriarchism, sex role, and motherhood are negatively influencing infertility women's experiences. Thus, nurses who take care of the infertile women need to have feministic perspectives as well as medical information, and expertise so that they could reach a comprehensive understanding on infertile women's experiences.