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- Title
To Contract Genital Warts--A Risk of Losing Love? Experiences of Swedish Men Living with Genital Warts.
- Authors
Hammarlund, Kina; Lundgren, Ingela; Nyström, Maria
- Abstract
Using a life-world hermeneutic approach, this study focused on the interviews with eight Swedish men living with genital warts. The men expressed a need for control over their situation, a control that was easier to maintain if the warts were invisible. Some of the men expressed prejudiced attitudes toward those who contract a venereal infection and their own feelings of shame appeared to correlate with these prejudices. In their meetings with health care providers, the men viewed a competent health care provider as someone who combined professional distance with a personal approach. Finally, the fact that men saw themselves as disease carriers was of great significance to them and influenced their views of future meaningful relationships.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; DISEASES in men; GENITAL warts; PAPILLOMAVIRUSES; LIFEWORLD; HERMENEUTICS; EXPERIENCE
- Publication
International Journal of Men's Health, 2007, Vol 6, Issue 2, p100
- ISSN
1532-6306
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3149/jmh.0602.100