Klimakteriet. En litteraturstudie om upplevelser av klimakteriet hos kvinnor med olika kulturell bakgrund.
The aim of this study was to illuminate the experience of climacteric in women with different culture backgrounds. The method was a literature review. Results are made of nine scientific articles. Sex main themes come out. The results are showing that the experience of climacteric is varying from woman to woman and from culture to culture. It is clear that women have lack of real knowledge about climacteric and are frightened before this period. Need of information before cli-macteric is huge among most of the women. Leininger´s caring theory have been used as theoretical frame of reference.