To choose the oocyte donation as a way of becoming a mother
(Phenomenological study of infertile women’s in Royan Institute)
Nasrin
Eyzadyar
کارشناسارشد مطالعات زنان، پژوهشگاه رویان، پژوهشکدة زیستشناسی و علوم پزشکی تولیدمثل جهاد دانشگاهی، مرکز تحقیقات اپیدمیولوژی باروری، گروه اپیدمیولوژی و سلامت باروری
author
Shirin
Ahmadnia
استادیار گروه جامعهشناسی، دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی
author
Seyed Mohammad
Seyedmirzaei
استاد گروه علوم اجتماعی، مردمشناسی و جمعیتشناسی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد علوم و تحقیقات
author
Seyed Ali
Azin
استادیار گروه اپیدمیولوژی و سلامت باروری، پژوهشگاه رویان، پژوهشکدة زیستشناسی و علوم پزشکی تولیدمثل جهاد دانشگاهی، مرکز تحقیقات اپیدمیولوژی باروری، گروه اپیدمیولوژی و سلامت باروری
author
Mohammad
Yazdani Safa
کارشناسارشد مطالعات زنان، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد علوم و تحقیقات
author
text
article
2014
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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.
Journal of Iranian Social Studies
انجمن جامعه شناسی ایران
2008-3653
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v.
1
no.
2014
6
21
http://www.jss-isa.ir/article_21217_b017d88a3d1aafb98408d82aa788ce72.pdf
An exploration of transparency of medical errors: The case of medical
institutions in Iran
Fateme
Javaheri
دانشیار جامعهشناسی دانشگاه خوارزمی
author
text
article
2014
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The issue of transparency has become a social demand. Requests for
transparency goes beyond the political and economic institutions and has
expanded into the medical institution. On this basis, it is assumed that
physicians will take responsibility for their performance especially
regarding their professional faults. Accordingly, the present study followed a
theoretical analysis investigating the issue of medical transparency from a
sociological perspective. Towards this objective, first the theoretical
framework and existing opinions were introduced, then, the context for
formation of such a concept ( of transparency) as well as the opponents and
pro-ponants' ideas were discussed:
Global activities relevant to the medial transparency were presented next
and finally, taking advantage of the available research findings, the problem
of medical transparency in the Iranian medical institutions was clarified.
The results indicate that some remarkable efforts have been made as
towards the transparency of medical errors in Iran, but due to the existing
structural barriers it needs to pave a long way ahead. The fundamental
prerequisite for achieving transparency is a multidimensional development
in structural mechanisms of every society i.e. the external environment of
the medical institutions as well as, the provision of required convenient
conditions in the internal environment of the medical institutions
Journal of Iranian Social Studies
انجمن جامعه شناسی ایران
2008-3653
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1
no.
2014
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http://www.jss-isa.ir/article_21218_0f4ef04028b94ecc3d26ebad56f06148.pdf
Stress Process Paradigm in Sociology of Mental health: A Sociological
Study of Stress
Mohammad Esmaeil
Riahi
دانشیار گروه علوم اجتماعی دانشگاه مازندران
author
Ladan
Rahbari
دانشجوی دکتری دانشگاه مازندران
author
text
article
2014
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Stress Process Paradigm (SPP) is configured in 1980’s to study the impacts
of social factors on the production and distribution of stress related to mental
disorders. Over the past three decades, this paradigm maintained its
dominance in the field of sociological studies of stress. Stress process as a
conceptual model is consisting of three main components: Stressors (social
sources of stress production), Mediators (psycho-social factors which
mediate stress), and Health outcomes (reactions to stress). According to SPP,
all of the suitable and unsuitable life events are potentially the sources of
stress production; though in terms of time sequence, it is possible to draw a
spectrum from trauma to chronic stressors. Furthermore,the social support
(structural or functional) and coping responses are the most important
mediators of stress. Finally, a reaction to stress is determined by sociocultural
factors, such as; emotions, cultures, social norms, and social
learning of emotions expression. SPP as a sociological framework is
concentrated on the role of social structures and social contexts in the
shaping the patterns of distribution of stress related mental disorders.
The main purpose of present paper is to discuss those issues which must
be considered by sociologists at the time of studying stress process. Since,
the main strategy of social research in this field is to identify the connecting
circles between social arrangements and individual stress, therefore the
paper is trying to propose a conceptual as well as analytical framework, to
assist the presentation and elaboration of sociology of stress in Iran.
Journal of Iranian Social Studies
انجمن جامعه شناسی ایران
2008-3653
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2014
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http://www.jss-isa.ir/article_21219_8affe30005d5d106d9f405e5d887ddb0.pdf
The role of mothers in educating daughters about health,
Turning the health knowledge into healthy behavior
Khadije
Safiri
استاد دانشکدۀ علوم اجتماعی و اقتصادی دانشگاه الزهراء
author
Sarah
Imanian
دانشجوی دکتری علوم اجتماعی، انگلستان
author
Fattemeh
Mansourian Ravandi
کارشناس ارشد جامعهشناسی، دانشگاه الزهراء
author
text
article
2014
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Based on the produced data from a research project called "Concepts of
health and disease and health-related behaviors among female students", a
secondary data analysis was made by the coauthors. We have investigated
the role of mothers in educating daughters about health issues. Critical
discourse analysis of the findings indicated that girls, in comparison to their
mothers, were more conscious of health issues, however, their health-related
behaviors were quite similar to their mothers, as if- they were mostly
influenced by the dominant traditional culture , which led them not to care
about their health practically the way their mothers used to. According to
Bandera's social learning theory, it can be said that the daughters learned
from their mothers' health behavior, leading to endure illness and pain, and
not to take a serious action towards preserving their health status. They cared
about their health, but only to the point that the illness process did not
disrupt their daily lives. This was found inconsistent with their health
beliefs and the level of health knowledge. Clearly, in educating daughters
about health and health-related behavior, mothers play an important direct
and indirect role.
Journal of Iranian Social Studies
انجمن جامعه شناسی ایران
2008-3653
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2014
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http://www.jss-isa.ir/article_21221_5aceca1ee68d18fa52b6e91ca80d2234.pdf
A Sociological explanation of the Doctor-Patient Relationship
(A qualitative study in the city of Ahvaz, Iran)
Masoumeh
Shafati
پژوهشگر اجتماعی و دانشجوی دکتری جامعهشناسی دانشگاه تهران
author
Mohammad Javad
Zahedi
دانشیار گروه علوم اجتماعی دانشگاه پیامنور تهران
author
text
article
2014
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A doctor-patient relationship is one of the most controversial kinds of social
relationships. This research analyzes the doctor-patient relationship from the
patients' point of view. The data has been collected through semi-structured
interviews with 21 patients visiting obstetricians in Ahvaz, Khuzestan
Province, using a grounded theory approach as well as field observations of
the ongoing procedures of medical consultation.
Based on the data analysis, five categories, i.e. "multiple patient visits",
" time limitation", "high patient load", "lack of readiness of patients" and
"avoidant behavior of the doctors" have been found as causal conditions of
"non-cooperative and treatment-centered relationship" which has been
recognized as the dominant communicative pattern between doctor and
patient in the scope of the current research. Contextualizing conditions, have
also been analyzed in a larger scope in the form of culture, mental patterns,
awareness and financial supporting actions among which "level of
education" played a very significant role. Accordingly patients usually
show compatibility, tolerance, self-help mechanisms, and or conflict in
return.
Since the multiple-patient-visit phenomenon is growing, especially
among obstetricians' practices, research needs to be done in this particular
field, because according to our findings it has drastic effects on the doctorpatient
relationship and the patients' health status.
Journal of Iranian Social Studies
انجمن جامعه شناسی ایران
2008-3653
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1
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2014
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139
http://www.jss-isa.ir/article_21224_f9cc0833eb96e22cd905652dd29c286e.pdf
Sociological Study of Infertile Women's Illness Behavior in a fertility
Clinic in Mazandarn province
A.
maleki
دانشیار گروه علوم اجتماعی دانشگاه پیامنور
author
Zohre.
bozorgnezhad
کارشناسارشد جامعه شناسی
author
text
article
2014
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Illness behavior is considered as a process of Symptoms perception,
Meaning Attribution, Expression and Communication, Coping responses,
and Help-seeking behavior . Infertility, as an illness, is highly influenced by
social and cultural variables.
Due to great importance of infertility and having offspring in most of the
cultures, the present research deals with studying illness behavior of infertile
women also in Mazandaran Province from a medical sociology viewpoint.
In order to analyze illness behavior (illness perception and its aspects)
Lowenthal's common sense model was used, to explain help- seeking
behavior, Gunay's help-seeking behaviour model was applied, and to assess
the impact of strength situation and readiness regarding each aspect of illness
perception and help-seeking model, Leen White's treatment seeking model
was used.
We conducted a cross-sectional survey. The data was collected from 95
infertile women who were selected randomly among those referring to state
infertility treatment centers of Mazandaran Province . In addition, we used
the illness Perception Questionnaire-Revised (IPQ-R) and the scale of health
control to measure the variables.
The Results show that majority of studied respondents (59%) did have
average illness perception quality. Moreover, 87% of them showed a
modern help-seeking behavior. The findings also showed a significant
relationship between some aspects of illness perception and strength and
readiness.
Journal of Iranian Social Studies
انجمن جامعه شناسی ایران
2008-3653
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2014
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166
http://www.jss-isa.ir/article_21226_5e523a6c94b4325a8d5ef52233ee563e.pdf
Induced Abortion among Married Women in Tehran
Simin
Nejati Hatamian
کارشناس مامایی و کارشناس ارشد مطالعات زنان از دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی
author
text
article
2014
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Induced abortion is considered as one of the methods of ending unwanted
pregnancies that usually happens illegally and under unhygienic
circumstances. Deciding to go through an abortion is a difficult and
complicated process which affects a large number of women physically,
mentally and socially. The main aim of the present study was to learn more
about the experience of induced and illegal abortions among women.
Qualitative method techniques and phenomenological inquiries were utilized
to collect the data through interviewing 28 married women in the city of
Tehran. These women had at least one experience of an illegal abortion and
were turned to using snowball sampling method. Three categories of how to
decide for abortion, committing process and its consequences were induced
from the analysis of data using grounded theory. According to the findings
of the study, deciding to go for an abortion is a challenging process for the
women, for their husbands and even for the people who are related to them.
This decision is affected by factors such as religious views, the time force of
decision making, husbands' and relatives’ opinion, the embryo’s age and
reasons and motives of the abortion. There are also a number of reasons
which affect the woman’s social and psychological reactions after the
abortion among which are the age of embryo at the time of the abortion,
woman’s power of decision making, the level of support from the
husbands and relatives, religious views, the type of marriage and the
attitudes towards abortion, rational reasons for performing it, woman’s prior
feelings toward it and the number of abortions. According to the results of
the present study, illegal abortions, as reported by the sample respondents
,are considered important and controversial issues. In spite of the feeling of
freedom at the beginning of an abortion, the women and their family
suffered from long-lasting physical, mental and social consequences.
Journal of Iranian Social Studies
انجمن جامعه شناسی ایران
2008-3653
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1
no.
2014
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http://www.jss-isa.ir/article_21227_91d53365a8d19a62613e9c13feff0419.pdf