Quest for power : women and alcohol
Date
1995
Authors
Crooks, Kathryn Baird
University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education
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Publisher
Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 1995
Abstract
until recently, women were not believed to have unique
concerns regarding their use of alcohol. Information was
usually gathered from men and then extrapolated to include
women. There have been bursts of research over the past 20
years, however, there remains an urgent need to continue and
expand research in this area to facilitate the development of
a working treatment and recovery model for women.
Whether it be a community or acute care setting, nurses
have traditionally been the first point of contact for many
alcohol users. As with any disease process, it is essential
that nurses look beyond the presenting symptom and perceive
the client as a person. To aid in this perception, the nurse
must understand or at least recognize the unique experiences
of the person. Phenomenology as a research method allows the
researcher to explore the lived experience of the phenomenon
in question. In this phenomenological research project, the
experiences of 4 women recovering from alcoholism were
explored.
Description
v, 54 leaves ; 29 cm.
Keywords
Women -- Alcohol use , Alcoholism -- Psychological aspects , Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation