%0 Journal Article %T Exploitation and alienation of the body of the nurse: a phenomenological study %A Albini %A Leomar %A Labronici %A Liliana Maria %J Acta Paulista de Enfermagem %D 2007 %I Universidade Federal de S?o Paulo %R 10.1590/S0103-21002007000300009 %X objective: to understand the experience of being woman, mother, and nurse. methods: this phenomenological study was conducted in a teaching hospital in curitiba, brazil from june 2005 to march 2006. the sample consisted of seven nurses. data were collected through semi-structured interviews. results: the main emerged theme was "exploitation and alienation of the body of the nurse until its exhaustation." conclusion: nurses have difficulties in assuming other roles in professional organizations and institutional administration due to workload and exhaustion in performing their personal and professional tasks. %K women %K women's work %K nurses %K hospitals. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-21002007000300009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en