Gender and Health
Subtitle: The Effects of Constrained Choices and Social Policies
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 29, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780521682800
Subjects: Gender studies; Public health & preventive medicine; Social Science; Sociology; Health Care Delivery; Sociology - General; Social Science / Sociology / General; Health; Medical policy; Sex differences; Sex factors in disease
Description: To improve men's and women's health, individuals, researchers, and policymakers must understand the social and biological sources of the perplexing gender differences in illness and longevity. This text examines how men's and women's lives and physiology contribute to differences in their health.