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Considers the interface between the social institutions of gender and Western medicine. This book offers a distinct feminist viewpoint to analyze issues of power and politics concerning physical illness.

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Chapter 1: Gender and the Social Construction of Illness: Overview Chapter 2: Women Get Sicker, but Men Die Quicker: Social Epidemiology Chapter 3: Hierarchies in Health Care: Patients, Professionals, and Gender Chapter 4: Gender and Disability: Contradictions and Status Dilemmas Chapter 5: If a Situation is Defined as Real: Premenstrual Syndrome and Menopause Chapter 6: Genital Surgeries: Gendering Bodies Chapter 7: A Modern Plague: Gender and Aids Chapter 8: Healing Social Bodies in Social Worlds: Feminist Healthcare

Gender and the Social Construction of Illness

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      Publisher: AltaMira Press
      Publication Date: 8/20/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780759102378, 978-0759102378
      ISBN10: 0759102376

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Considers the interface between the social institutions of gender and Western medicine. This book offers a distinct feminist viewpoint to analyze issues of power and politics concerning physical illness.

      Table of Contents
      Chapter 1: Gender and the Social Construction of Illness: Overview Chapter 2: Women Get Sicker, but Men Die Quicker: Social Epidemiology Chapter 3: Hierarchies in Health Care: Patients, Professionals, and Gender Chapter 4: Gender and Disability: Contradictions and Status Dilemmas Chapter 5: If a Situation is Defined as Real: Premenstrual Syndrome and Menopause Chapter 6: Genital Surgeries: Gendering Bodies Chapter 7: A Modern Plague: Gender and Aids Chapter 8: Healing Social Bodies in Social Worlds: Feminist Healthcare

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