Gender, health and information technology in context
By: edited by Ellen Balka, Eileen Green, Flis Henwood.
Contributors: Balka, Ellen.; Green, Eileen, 1947-; Henwood, Flis, 1957-
Series: Health technology and society
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230216341
Subjects: Health -- Information services; Women caregivers; Sex role; Social role
Description: "This volume breaks new ground by asking how our understandings of gender can be informed by exploring the socio-technical relations of ICTs in health care, and how far an appreciation of the ways in which gender works can inform and improve our understanding of how ICTs are being developed, implemented, and used in health care contexts"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Informing Gender? Health and Information Technologies in Context; E. Balka, E. Green & F. HenwoodAll Change? Gender, Health and the Internet; F. Henwood & S. Wyatt Gendered Identities and Caring: Health Intermediaries and Technology in Rural and Remote Queensland; L. Simpson, M. Hall & S. Leggett Geeks Who Care: Gender, Caring and Community Access Computers; L. Bella Cyber-Burdens: Emerging Imperatives in Women's Unpaid Care Work; R. HarrisNursing Technologies? Gender, Care, and Skill in the Use of Patient Care Information Systems; Z. Sharman Gender, Information Technology and Making Health Work: Unpacking Complex Relations at Work; E. Balka Gendering Work? Women and Technologies in Health Care; P. Armstrong, H. Armstrong & K. Messing Ungendering Women's Health: Information Systems and Occupational Health Indicators; G. Le Jeune"It Can See into Your Body": Gender, ICTs and and Decision Making about Midlife Women's Health; E. Green, F. Griffiths & A. Lindenmeyer Conclusion: Reconfiguring the Gender, Technology and Health Relationship; E. Balka, E. Green & F. Henwood.