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Background: While the application of procedural methods to solve the infertility problem has increased, the decline in the quality of life of women who experience infertility has been disregarded. Methods: This qualitative study used phenomenological analysis of data collected from 13 women with infertility in South Korea to reveal the subjective meaning of physical experiences perceived by women over the course of treatment. Results: Upon analyses of the treatment experiences of women with infertility in South Korea via a phenomenological analysis method, 10 themes were extracted and integrated into four theme clusters (“Perceiving infertility,” “The body that gives birth,” “A process in an endless tunnel,” “Caring for my marginalized identity”). Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that women with infertility in South Korea perceived their own bodies as givers of birth living in traditional and patriarchal societies. A contextual flow proceeded to the final stage of women caring for their marginalized identity, which had suffered throughout the course of their infertility journey.

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Abstract
1. INTRODUCTION
2. METHOD
2.1 Study design
2.2 Research subject selection and ethical considerations
2.3 Data collection methods and procedures
2.4 Data analysis
3. RESULTS
3.1 Characteristics of the participants
3.2 The meaning of the infertility experience in women
4. DISCUSSION
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저자

• Young Soon Im [ Assistant Professor, Dept. of Nursing, Kyungbuk College, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea ]
• Gie-Ok Noh [ Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, Konyang University, Daejeon, Korea ] Corresponding Author

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• 간행물명

  International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology(IJACT)

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  계간

• pISSN

  2288-7202

• eISSN

  2288-7318

• 수록기간

  2013~2025

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 600 DDC 700