[Women, Medicine, and technology in the discourse of medical residents in Obstetrics/Gynecology].
This study focused on revealing the cultural meanings assigned to womanhood and the health-disease process in women according to the discourse of medical residents in Obstetrics/Gynecology at the Fernandes Figueira Institute, a public reference hospital specializing in maternal-child care in Rio de Janeiro. The research had two components: participatory observation in Ob-Gyn meetings and recording of oral sources. The sign-based method was used to analyze the data. The methodology included qualitative analytical coding of interviews and subsequent semiotic analysis. According to the results: (a) women are seen essentially as mothers, and their illness focuses primarily on their childbearing function; (b) technological evolution, mainly with the increased use of imaging, has reduced the importance of semiology; and (c) within the biotechnological context medicalization is part of the material and semiotic practices.
Gilbert
Ana Cristina Bohrer
AC
Instituto Fernandes Figueira, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ana.gilbert@terra.com.br
Cardoso
Maria Helena Cabral de Almeida
MH
Wuillaume
Susana Maciel
SM