'... a very useful addition to teaching material in the medical sociology/health studies field that will also be of value for teachers and students in women's studies.'
- Mary Ann Elston, Royal Holloway University of London, UK
'... Established wisdom about gender inequalities is due for critical questioning. This authoritative and challenging collection ... from some of the most respected names in the field ... will be essential reading for students and researchers in gender studies and medical sociology.'
- Professor Mildred Blaxter, University of East Anglia, UK
This state-of-the-art collection reflects critically upon the current status of our knowledge about gender inequalities in health and develops an agenda for future research. Leading experts address a range of themes that are central to the development of the field. These include recent theoretical and methodological developments in sociology and social policy, and the significance of changes in gender relations following wide-scale economic and social changes with respect to the mental and physical health status of men and women. The collection focuses upon gender and health within industrialized nations including Britain, North America, Western and Eastern Europe. It will be of particular interest to students and practitioners of sociology, health policy, health studies and gender studies.
This volume brings together experts from a variety of disciplines, such as medicine, biology, sociology, epidemiology, anthropology, economics and political science, who focus on three areas: health disparities and inequity due to gender, ...
Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States.
This edited volume provides wide-ranging anaylses and reviews of the UK's experiences of health inequalities research and policy to date, and reflects on the lessons that have been learnt from these experiences, both within the UK and ...
Östlin, Piroska (2005): What evidence is there about the effects of health care reforms on gender equity, particularly in health? Copenhagen: World Health Organisation, ... Engendering International Health – the challenge of Equity.
An authoritative, state-of-the-art reference collection, bringing together international experts to examine the key issues and core debates related to gender and healthcare.
Exploring the sting in the tail: gender inequalities in health, domestic labour and socio-economics circumstances
Featuring research on topics such as gender diversity, leadership roles, and imposter syndrome, this book is ideally designed for health professionals, doctors, nurses, hospital staff, hospital directors, board members, activists, ...
Gender Inequalities of Health [microform]: a Case Study of Pakistan
These essays by philosophers, economists, epidemiologists, and physicians attempt to determine how health inequalities should be conceptualized, measured, ranked, and evaluated.
Essay from the year 2003 in the subject Health - Miscellaneous, grade: A (1,0), University of London (Institute of Education), course: Basisgesundheitswesen in Entwicklungslaendern, language: English, abstract: [...] Concurrently, the ...