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The Palgrave Handbook of Gender and Health Care
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This authoritative, state-of-the-art reference collection addresses the main issues and core debates related to gender and healthcare in one accessible volume. Mapping the field, and drawing together cutting-edge research on gender and healthcare, this essential guide to an area of increasing interest provides a critical overview of debates as well as practical guidance on how to bring gender perspectives to the heart of international health policy, practice and research. Providing an integrated and context-sensitive approach that focuses on men's and women's health, actor-centred and institutional approaches to healthcare, as well as to the needs of service users and professionals, this comprehensive and innovative overview examines both the developed and developing world, and explores intersections between gender and a wide range of social inequalities.Divided into five parts this panoramic survey covers / The gendering of healthcare and policy / The social patterning of health by gender / Equity and access to healthcare / The organization and delivery of healthcare / Health professions and gender Offering an impressive range of international world class expertise and insight, each chapter includes a chapter summary and an overview of key reading, making this Handbook an invaluable companion for a wide range of academics, researchers, practitioners and policymakers.
additional texts ... Table of Content Introduction: Bringing Gender to the Heart of Health Policy, Practice and Research; E.Kuhlmann& E.Annandale PART I: GENDERING HEALTHCARE AND POLICY Re-visiting Gender Justice in Health and Healthcare; S.Payne & L.Doyal Gender Equality and International Health Policy Planning; S.N.Abdool, C.Garcia-Moreno & A.Amin Gender Equity and Health Sector Reforms in Low and Middle Income Countries; H.Standing Gender-sensitive Indicators for Healthcare; V.Lin & H.L'Orange Gender Assessment: European Health Research Policies; I. Klinge Gender and the Medicalization of Healthcare; S.E.Bell & A.E.Figert PART II: THE SOCIAL PATTERNING OF HEALTH BY GENDER Changing Patterns of Morbidity and Mortality; C.E.Bird, M.E.Lang & P.P.Rieker Reproductive Regimes: Governing Gendered Bodies; E.Ettorre & C.Kingdon Coronary Heart Disease: Gendered Public Health Discourses; E.Riska Gender and Mental Health; J.Busfield HIV/AIDS and Gender; L.Gilbert & T.Selikow PART III: EQUITY AND ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE Gender and Help-seeking: Towards Gender-comparative Studies; K.Hunt, J.Adamson & P.Galdas Gender Differences in Healthcare Utilization in Later Life; K.Roy & A.Chaudhuri Men's Health and Well-being; T. Schofield The Healthcare Needs of Gay and Lesbian Patients; J.Edwards Mothers and Children: What Does their Health Tell us About Gender?; T.Patel Gender, Health, Care and Place: Living in Rural and Remote Communities; I.L.Bourgeault & R.Sutherns PART IV: GENDERING THE ORGANIZATION AND DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE The New Management of Healthcare: 'Rational' Performance and Gendered Actors; J.Barry, E.Berg & J.Chandler Old Age Care Policies: Gendering Institutional Arrangements Across Countries; V. Burau, H. Theobald & R. H. Blank Primary Prevention and Health Promotion: Towards Gender-sensitive Interventions; P. Kolip Gender and Maternal Healthcare; J.Sandall, C.Benoit, E.van Teijlingen, S.Wrede, E.Declercq & R.de Vries Women's Health Centres: Creating Spaces and Institutional Support; P. Armstrong PART V: THE PROFESSIONS AS CATALYST OF GENDER-SENSITIVE HEALTHCARE Women in the Medical Profession: International Trends; E.Riska Sex, Gender and Health: Developments in Medical Research; T.Lagro-Janssen Gender Mainstreaming at the Cross-roads of Eastern-western Healthcare; L.Cheng, E.Kuhlmann & E.Annandale Nursing: Globalization of a Female-gendered Profession; S.Wrede Conclusion: Gender and Healthcare: The Future; E.Annandale & E.Kuhlmann |
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