Hall narrates her quest for the missing mother-tongue and talks about her counterfeit identity. The passage from shtetl to Staffordshire, from tchotchtkes to Hotchkiss, has taken about three ...generations to complete. The ethnic scrubbing started by her mother in the 1930s has been so thorough that the family's Jewish identity has been--if not erased--so diluted that it is, today, largely irrelevant. Not until she searched the archives in Austin (where her mother was born in 1905) and, through the Internet, reclaimed relatives she didn't know she had, did she begin to sense that reinvention was as much a part of her family heritage as was its long-hidden Jewishness. K. Cargill
Lesbians' erotic lives have been bracketed by opposing sexual narratives. According to a variety of experts, sex between two women is an unnatural and unlikely event. Data from a number of other ...sources suggest that lesbian sex is both frequent and ecstatic. For many long term partners, these polarized narratives serve as filters, screening out a myriad of middle ground practices and scenarios. Because more subtle possibilities are invisible or discounted, couple's only alternative-after the passionate courtship phase of the relationship has ended-is lesbian bed death. In such cases, renewed erotic contact depends on the restoration of the erased sexual middle-ground. This paper focuses on the strategies clinicians can use to neutralize the hegemonic either/or lesbian sexual narratives and expand their client's erotic repertoires.
In the process of becoming increasingly visible and vocal, lesbians have lost the mystique that surrounded their lifestyles in the first half of the twentieth century. This article suggests that the ...former mythic qualities are emerging again in the stories of ex-lovers.
In the process of becoming increasingly visible and vocal, lesbians have lost the mystique that surrounded their lifestyles in the first half of the twentieth century. This article suggests that the ...former mythic qualities are emerging again in the stories of ex-lovers. KEYWORDS. Lesbian, ex-lover, mythic, narrative, stories
Background: In the past decade there has been an increased awareness of the clinical and economic burden of hyperglycemia in hospitalized patients. The in-patient setting provides an opportunity to ...optimize glycemic control by setting blood glucose targets and instituting therapies to slow disease progression and improve outcomes. The purpose of this evidence-based project was to improve glycemic control of hospitalized patients with diabetes at Maui Memorial Medical Center (MMMC). Methods: Kurt Lewin’s Change Theory model was used to implement the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologist’s and the American Diabetes Association’s (AACE/ADA) recommendations to improve management of dysglycemia in the diabetic in-patient population. The project took place at the MMMC, which employs 400 staff nurses and has 200 attending physicians. Seven medical and surgical units in the hospital used AACE/ADA recommendations for glycemic control. Thirty patients with a diagnosis of type 1 or type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM), for whom insulin was ordered, were reviewed for baseline data. Forty nurses were given a ten-question multiple choice diabetes quiz to establish their baseline knowledge of current practices for care of hospitalized patients with DM. A repeat assessment was conducted eight months after the AACE/ADA recommendations were in place. Results: Blood glucose within the AACE/ADA targets increased by 13% eight months after the recommendations was implemented. Hyperglycemia decreased by 5%, and Hypoglycemia decreased 8.4% from baseline. Nurses’ knowledge on in-patient diabetes care increased by 12% on a ten question multiple-choice quiz. Conclusion: Implementing this project has heightened staff awareness of standards for inpatient diabetes care. Improvements in glycemic control and nurse’s knowledge was seen with the implementation of the AACE/ADA recommendations. Improvements in hypoglycemia exceeded project goals. Improvements of blood glucose within target were less than expected, but the findings were encouraging enough to continue utilizing the AACE/ADA recommendation. The findings implicate this approach is useful in reducing hyper and hypoglycemia. Practice changes recommended by the AACE/ADA appear to be frozen in place and have become part of the normal workflow on all seven nursing units.
A new theoretical framework and classification system for women's sexual problems, written by feminist clinicians and social scientists, was released in October 2000. Part one critiques the current ...American Psychiatric Association nomenclature for women's sexual programs. Part two highlights international sexual rights documents. Part three begins with a women-centered definition of sexual problems: "discontent of dissatisfaction with any emotional, physical, or relational aspect of sexual experience" (pp. 228-229). It also provides four categories of causes: (a) sociocultural, political, or economic factors; (b) partner and relationship factors; (c) psychological factors; and (d) medical factors. The document is designed for professionals and the public.
Scheherazade Was a Dyke Hall, Marny
Journal of lesbian studies,
06/2000, Letnik:
4, Številka:
2
Journal Article
Recenzirano
Deprived of mainstream recognition, lesbian partners must find alternative ways to imbue their partnerships with significance. In-depth interviews conducted with six lesbian couples over 10 years ...suggest that the telling of dramatic and collaborative relationship stories is a compensatory strategy for marginalization. Partners' story themes featured fateful first meetings and triumphs over adversity. The study suggests that the storytelling ability displayed in these interviews may be the hallmark of populations typically excluded from the dominant cultural narrative.
Hall discusses the changes in sex therapy for lesbians. She reflects on how her own ways of conducting therapy have changed in response to the changes in society and sexuality.
