Gender inequity in health
Gender inequity in health [electronic resource] /
edited by Gita Sen and Piroska Ostlin.
- London : Routledge, 2009.
- 1 online resource.
- Routledge studies in health and social welfare .
- Routledge studies in health and social welfare. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume brings together leading researchers from a variety of disciplines to examine three areas: health disparities and inequity due to gender, the specific problems women face in meeting the highest attainable standards of health, and the policies and actions that can address them. 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, the specific problems women face in meeting the highest attainable standards of health, and the policies and actions that can address them. Highlighting the importance of intersecting social hierarchies (e.g. gender, class and ethnicity) for understanding health inequities and their implications for health policy, contributors detail and recommend policy approaches and agendas that incorporate, but go beyond commonly acknowledged issues relating to women's health and gender equity in health.
9780203866900 (ebook) : No price
Social medicine.
Equality--Health aspects.
Sex discrimination.
Women--Medical care.
Health and Wellbeing.
Society & culture: general
Sociology
Health systems & services
Popular medicine & health
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume brings together leading researchers from a variety of disciplines to examine three areas: health disparities and inequity due to gender, the specific problems women face in meeting the highest attainable standards of health, and the policies and actions that can address them. 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, the specific problems women face in meeting the highest attainable standards of health, and the policies and actions that can address them. Highlighting the importance of intersecting social hierarchies (e.g. gender, class and ethnicity) for understanding health inequities and their implications for health policy, contributors detail and recommend policy approaches and agendas that incorporate, but go beyond commonly acknowledged issues relating to women's health and gender equity in health.
9780203866900 (ebook) : No price
Social medicine.
Equality--Health aspects.
Sex discrimination.
Women--Medical care.
Health and Wellbeing.
Society & culture: general
Sociology
Health systems & services
Popular medicine & health
