Hysterectomy is a surgical procedure that may interfere with women’s sexual sensations and expression. Sexuality may have different meanings. Women submitted to hysterectomy may experience situations that disturb their identity as women. Therefore, reflections must be made on those influences on sexuality. Ideas on gender and sexuality are used in this article to explain concepts and to relate them to the possi...
Approaching nursing from the perspective of a feminine practice, this article aimed at identifying the possibility to apply Collière’s ideas on obstetric nursing care, relating them to the nurse’s background. A descriptive method and the technique of content analysis was used to analyze scientific communications, focusing on social, theoretical-philosophical, political, and ideological aspects related to women’...