Journal of Iranian Social Studies

Abstract Nowadays, AIDS is an asocial health issue constructed in the public mind as a negative and perverse phenomenon due to its unique ways of transmission. In this regard, the social and psychological consequences are severe for people with this disease. Therefore, this article aims to study the phenomenology of the experiences of people with AIDS from the Social Label in the city of Jahrom. The current research was conducted with a qualitative approach using interpretive phenomenology. Data were collected through in-depth and semi-structured interviews and notes in the collection field and analyzed by Dickelman et al method. The study population included all people with AIDS in Jahrom; those 21 people were selected by purposive sampling. By analyzing the content of the interviews, three concepts of fear of disclosure, prejudice, misjudgment, and discrimination were extracted as the main themes of the Social Label. The present study showed that the most important problem of people with AIDS is the Social Label and wroth views of people in society. A lack of public awareness often exacerbates this. A person with AIDS is constantly judged and prejudiced by those around him, affecting the patient's social interaction and lifestyle. Therefore, by increasing public awareness about this disease and how it is transmitted, as well as providing appropriate counseling services to patients to adapt to it and improve their quality of life, the lives of these patients can be faced with more hope and hope satisfaction.

Abstract The outbreak of the unknown COVIID-19 virus quickly became a world pandemic, challenged collective life in economic, social, cultural, and political dimensions, and became the most important socio-medical issue. As the elderly are identified as the main vulnerable group to this virus, it is important to investigate their experience of the corona pandemic. The present study is based on a qualitative approach with a phenomenological method of Colaizzi’s practical plan. It aims to explain the experience of elderlies in Shiraz during the Coronavirus outbreak. Purposive sampling was used to select 15 participants who were surveyed in a semi-structured in-depth interview. The elderlies lived experience was classified into 10 main categories of a shift in daily life flow, mental, and family anxiety, redefining concepts, pleasure, opportunity, stigma, resilience capacity, fatalism, expediency, and expediency along with fatalism.

Abstract Oocyte donation forms a part of so called "Assisted Reproduction Technology" (ART) that assists infertile women with ovarian problems or other medical factors to achieve their dream of having a child. Understanding the experience of infertile women in a difficult decision-making period for oocyte donation and selecting it over other alternatives (adoption or to live without children) is significant. Little is known about the lived experience of recipient women though, especially in Iran, due to the cultural, social, and religious conditions of the society. The present article describes the experience of those infertile women. This study was conducted using qualitative method and phenomenological approach with the aim of recognizing and describing the experiences of the women recipients of donated oocyte. Eleven participants were selected by purposive sampling method from women who had turned to Royan Infertility Institute in Tehran, Iran. The data were generated from transcription of taped Semi-structured in-depth interviews. Data analysis was in accordance with the procedure introduced by Colaizzi. Six main themes emerged from the women’s descriptions of their experiences:(1) the possibility of maintaining the confidentiality in egg donation; (2) the opportunity of having the experience of pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding ;(3) the chance of genetic transition from husband ;(4) the impact of time factor in choosing oocyte donation ;(5) oocyte donation being permissible from a religious point of view; and (6) emotional and social burden of infertility.