The Social Value of "Physiological Autonomy"
Urinary Incontinence and Continence in a Sample of Older Women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20393016 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan A Eisenhandler (Waterbury Hospital, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 45-58 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Women & Aging (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0895-2841 • E-ISSN: 1540-7322 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j074v04n03_04 |
| OpenAlex | W1591453683 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This paper examines the experience of incontinence and continence as described by twelve communitydwelling older women. Variation in these experiences is vitiated when the dichotomy of continentlincontinent is imposed as the most appropriate "symbolic ordering" for the experience. Loss of bladder control, what older women called "leaking," may be treated analytically as a particular kind of unrestrained behavior that interferes with "physiological autonomy." Thus incontinence poses real and symbolic challenges to the older woman's status as an adult
Autonomy · Older people · Political science · Psychotherapist · Sociology · The Symbolic · Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues · Computer Science · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2024 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |