title: [Attitudes and adaptations of women and gynecologists to menopause].
abstract: From a socio-anthropological perspective, this article, based on observations and interviews with French-speaking women and gynecologists at a teaching hospital in western Switzerland, shows that women self-represent and live with menopause in different ways that influence their management practices and guide exchanges with gynecologists. Regarding gynecologists, beyond scientific knowledge, they also have representations of menopause and its treatments as well as personal convictions and professional trajectories underlying their practices. As a consequence, the relationship between women and gynecologists may vary according to the protagonists and can take several forms from consensus to conflict.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mbarga
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010822:Physicians, Women; D013557:Switzerland