Negotiating the ambiguity of an (in)authentic working life: a grounded theory study into severe perineal trauma

• Published in: BMC women's health Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 47 - 13
• Main Authors: Tjernström, Katharina, Lindberg, Inger, Wiklund, Maria, Persson, Margareta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 07.02.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Beauvoir, Simone de (1908-1986); Careers; Childbirth; Childbirth & labor; Complications and side effects; Delivery, Obstetric; Employment; Fecal incontinence; Female; Feminism; Gender; Gender theory; Gounded theory; Grounded Theory; Health aspects; Health problems; Humans; Immanence; Labor market; Maternal morbidity; Morbidity; Mothers; Negotiating; Occupations; Parturition; Patient outcomes; Pregnancy; Reproductive health; Severe perineal trauma; Sick leave; Simone de Beauvoir; Social aspects; Social networks; Transcendence; Trauma; Urine; Womens health; Work environment; Workability; Working conditions; Working women; Sweden; Workability; Maternal morbidity; Grounded theory; Severe perineal trauma; Transcendence; Gender theory; Immanence; Simone de Beauvoir
• ISSN: 1472-6874; 1472-6874
• DOI: 10.1186/s12905-023-02191-9

In Sweden, persistent physical and psychological health problems occur in about three in ten women who sustain severe perineal trauma (SPT) during childbirth. As most Swedish women work outside the home, the question of if and how SPT-related morbidity influences working life needs exploration. This...