The Palgrave Handbook of Gender and Healthcare

  • Ellen Kuhlmann
  • Ellen Annandale
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction
      Ellen Kuhlmann, Ellen Annandale
      Pages 1-18

  3. Gendering Healthcare and Policy

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 19-19
      PDF
    2. Re-visiting Gender Justice in Health and Healthcare
      Sarah Payne, Lesley Doyal
      Pages 21-35
    3. Gender Equality and International Health Policy Planning
      Shelly N. Abdool, Claudia García-Moreno, Avni Amin
      Pages 36-55
    4. Gender Equity and Health Sector Reforms in Low and Middle-income Countries
      Hilary Standing
      Pages 56-71
    5. Gendering Health Human Resource Policy and Management
      Ellen Kuhlmann, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Christa Larsen, Toni Schofield
      Pages 72-91
    6. Gender-sensitive Indicators for Healthcare
      Vivian Lin, Helen L’Orange
      Pages 92-110
    7. Gender Assessment: European Health Research Policies
      Ineke Klinge
      Pages 111-126
    8. Gender and the Medicalization of Healthcare
      Susan E. Bell, Anne E. Figert
      Pages 127-142

  4. The Social Patterning of Health by Gender

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 143-143
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    2. Changing Gendered Patterns of Morbidity and Mortality
      Chloe E. Bird, Martha E. Lang, Patricia P. Rieker
      Pages 145-161
    3. Reproductive Regimes: Governing Gendered Bodies
      Elizabeth Ettorre, Carol Kingdon
      Pages 162-177
    4. Coronary Heart Disease: Gendered Public Health Discourses
      Elianne Riska
      Pages 178-191
    5. Gender and Mental Health
      Joan Busfield
      Pages 192-208
    6. HIV/AIDS and Gender
      Leah Gilbert, Terry-Ann Selikow
      Pages 209-223
    7. Gender and End-of-life Care
      Alex Broom
      Pages 224-238

  5. Equity and Access to Healthcare

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 239-239
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    2. Gender and Help-seeking: Towards Gender-comparative Studies
      Kate Hunt, Joy Adamson, Paul Galdas
      Pages 241-255
    3. Gender Differences in Healthcare Utilization in Later Life
      Kakoli Roy, Anoshua Chaudhuri
      Pages 256-272

About this book

Introduction

An authoritative, state-of-the-art collection that brings together key experts to provide an overview of the field. This new paperback edition includes 3 new chapters on human resources and health, end-of-life care and complementary and alternative medicine as well as thorough updates to the introduction and conclusion.

Keywords

care children gender gender mainstreaming globalization health health policy health promotion healthcare Institution mortality Nation organization prevention public health

Editors and affiliations

  • Ellen Kuhlmann
    • 1
  • Ellen Annandale
    • 2
  1. 1.University of BathUK
  2. 2.University of LeicesterUK

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