| Description |
ix, 312 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Gender and health: concepts and explanatory models / Anne Hammarstreöm, Annika Härenstam, Piroski Östlin -- Differences between men's and women's health: the old and the new gender paradox / Maria Danielsson, Gudrun Lindberg -- Reproductive health from an individual and global perspective / Kajsa Sundström -- Gender inequalities in health: a historical and cultural perspective / Karin Johannisson -- Gender differences in mental health / Tore Hällström -- Violence against women: a social, criminal justice, medical or public health problem? / Karen Leander, Maria Danielsson -- Disease of the musculoskeletal system and how they affect men and women / Eva Vingård, Åsa Kilbom -- Work and cardiovascular disease among men and women / Töres Theorell -- Biological and social conditions: hypotheses regarding mortality differentials between men and women / Örjan Hemström -- Two sets of responsibilities: weaknesses and strengths in women's history / Ann-Sofie Ohlander -- Women's health and changes in care for the elderly / Rolf Å. Gustafsson and Marta Szebehely -- The future of gender inequalities in health / Annika Härenstam, Gunnar Aronsson, Anne Hammarström |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Health -- Sex differences.
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Medical care -- Utilization -- Sex differences.
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Sex discrimination in medicine.
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Health.
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Sex Factors.
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Prejudice.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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| SUBJECT |
Sweden. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013548 |
| Author |
Östlin, Piroska, 1958-
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Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies.
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| LC no. |
2001016628 |
| ISBN |
0674005287 paperback |
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