And that was her choice

Dutch general practitioners' perceptions of the autonomy of patients with non-western migration backgrounds who experience domestic violence

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3617636
AutoresSaartje Tack (0000-0003-2590-3882, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, autor de correspondencia), Sawitri Saharso (0000-0002-9729-0467, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Año2024
Volumen33
Número2
Páginas241-255
Fecha de publicación2024-05-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHealth Sociology Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1446-1242 • E-ISSN: 1839-3551
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14461242.2024.2353149
PMID38820230
OpenAlexW4399204568
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas22

Women in the Netherlands with non-western migration backgrounds experience domestic violence at the intersection of culture and gender, and visit their general practitioners (GPs) with health concerns related to the violence. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with GPs, this paper illuminates how GPs navigate the process of decision-making around intervention in domestic violence, with particular attention to the role of autonomy. Patient autonomy is a core principle in Dutch general practice. The term refers to the principle that GPs must respect that competent adults can make autonomous decisions about the care they do and do not want, and that GPs must respect patients' views, choices, and ways of life. The interview data shows great variation in how GPs respond in situations of domestic violence against women with non-western migration backgrounds. Deploying 'somatechnics of perception', this paper explores how GPs' perceptions of their patients' autonomy are both the agent and effect of a complex and embodied negotiation of gender, race, culture, ethnicity, medical ethics, and morality. In highlighting how these patients' autonomy is rendered (un)intelligible and (il)legible in contextually specific ways, this paper sheds light on how GPs in the Netherlands can better assist women with non-western migration backgrounds who experience domestic violence

Autonomy · Domestic violence · Medical emergency · Perception · Poison control · Political science · Project commissioning · Publishing · Sociology · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Gender Studies · Healthcare Systems and Challenges · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Law · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology