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Mothers with Multiple Sclerosis

Mothers with Multiple Sclerosis

Odell, Courtney

Paperback

Medical ReferenceGeneral Gender Studies

ISBN10: 3639011813
ISBN13: 9783639011814
Publisher: Blues Kids Of Amer
Published: May 20 2008
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.19 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This book examines the impact of chronic illness on the experiences of motherhood. The data for this examination derives from qualitative interviews with mothers with multiple sclerosis (MS). The interview questions for the qualitative research study focused on issues per-taining to the impact MS has had on chronically-ill women's per-ceptions of mothering, identity, the body, and the medical establish-ment. This research contributes to scholarship on feminist analysis of mothering, identity, and health care. This work argues that despite facing barriers to empowerment met in essentialized views of mother-hood, a social lack of knowledge about chronic illness, and hier-archical health-care models, mothers with multiple sclerosis empower themselves to care for their bodies, the needs of their families, and to incorporate the changes MS introduces to their lives in meaningful ways.

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