• Dignity and loss of dignity: Experiences of older women living with incurable cancer at home 

      Staats, Katrine; Grov, Ellen Karine; Husebø, Bettina; Tranvåg, Oscar (Health Care for Women International; Volume 41, 2020 - Issue 9, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-21)
      In this study, we explored and identified crucial experiences that constitute dignity and loss of dignity among older women living with incurable cancer at home. In-depth interviews with 13 women, and participant observations ...
    • Dignity humiliation as experienced by wives caring for a home-dwelling husband with dementia 

      Tranvåg, Oscar; Nåden, Dagfinn; Hemberg, Jessica (Health Care for Women International;Volume 43, 2022 - Issue 10-11, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      In this study, we explored key sources that led wives who care for their husbands with dementia at home to experience dignity humiliation – an issue that affects the well-being of women around the world. Through hermeneutic ...
    • Dignity work of older women caring for a husband with dementia at home 

      Tranvåg, Oscar; Nåden, Dagfinn; Gallagher, Ann (Health Care for Women International;Volume 40, 2019 - Issue 10, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-26)
      In this study, we explored perceptions of dignity, and sources preserving dignity of six older Norwegian women caring for a home-dwelling husband with dementia. Through hermeneutic interpretation of in-depth interviews, ...
    • Exploring women’s self-reported health problems in pregnancy in the UK and Norway 

      Nilsen, Anne Britt Vika; Eri, Tine Schauer; Downe, Soo; Fredriksen, Eva Haukeland (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01-04)
      Women usually conceptualize pregnancy as a normal physiological state. In contrast, formal maternity care provision tends to be focused on pathology and risk. The authors aim to explore the extent to which childbearing ...
    • ‘The sofa is my base in daily life’: The experience of long-term, pelvic girdle pain after giving birth 

      Knutsen, Ingrid Ruud; Guldahl Hansen, Anita; Egede-Nissen, Veslemøy (Health Care for Women International;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-01-10)
      In this study, we investigated how women struggling with long-term pelvic girdle pain after giving birth experienced and coped in their daily life. We conducted individual interviews with 9 women with pain between 3 and ...