Power and Gender Issues from the Voices of Medical Family Therapists
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12172249 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gary H Bischof (Western Michigan University, corresponding author), Monica L Lieser (Michigan Primary Care Association), Carolyn G Taratuta (Western Michigan University), Adriana D Fox (Western Michigan University) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 23-54 |
| Publication date | 2004-04-14 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Feminist Family Therapy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0895-2833 • E-ISSN: 1540-4099 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j086v15n02_03 |
| OpenAlex | W2042036738 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 13 |
Explicit attention to issues of power and gender has been quite limited in the medical family therapy literature. A previous qualitative inquiry on which this current study is based revealed the influence of these issues, even though participants were not asked explicitly about power or gender. This study qualitatively analyzed interviews with 13 family therapists working in nonacademic medical settings for evidence of power and gender issues in their experiences collaborating with health care providers. Power concerns voiced by study participants included feeling one-down, unidirectional accommodation, reimbursement problems, professional identity issues, and practical matters having to do with office space, prescribing medication, and confidentiality. Participants further reported influencing medical setting staff and being viewed by some of their medical collaborators as threatening. Gender issues were evident in the lack of males doing this work in nonacademic settings, feminine role expectations in the “male” medical culture, the unique role of female sex therapists, and in the additional roles and gender-informed career decisions of the participants. Suggestions for continued attention to these issues in the growing field of medical family therapy are offered
Confidentiality · Feeling · Health care · Identity (music · Medical education · Power (physics · Qualitative research · Reimbursement · Sociology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
Research methods in family therapy
Existential-Phenomenological Perspectives in Psychology
Phenomenological research methods
Phenomenological Research Methods
Qualitative evaluation and research methods
The Discovery of Grounded Theory
Counseling Psychologists in General Hospital Settings
Counseling Psychologists in Hospital/Medical Settings
Barriers to physician-nurse collegiality
Medicine and the Family
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2018 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |