When Descriptor is Diagnosis: An Autoethnographic Response to the Medical Treatment of Women with Vulvodynia.
Women with chronic vulvar pain experience symptoms that can affect their everyday functioning. These women are often diagnosed with vulvodynia, defined as vulvar pain without a medical explanation lasting at least three months. Yet while vulvodynia is presented by medical authorities as a diagnosis...
| Publicado en: | Australian Feminist Studies Vol. 40; no. 124/125; pp. 161 - 182 |
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Jun-Sep2025
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