Engendering International Health: The Challenge of Equity
- ISBN-10
- 0262692732
- ISBN-13
- 9780262692731
- Category
- Discrimination in medical care
- Pages
- 476
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Authors
- Piroska Östlin, Gita Sen, Asha George
Description
Research on gender inequity in international health in both low- and high-income countries.
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