This authoritative, state-of-the-art reference collection addresses the main issues and core debates related to gender and healthcare in one accessible volume. Mapping the field, and drawing together cutting-edge research on gender and healthcare, this essential guide to an area of increasing interest providesa critical overview of debates as well as practical guidance on how to bring gender perspectives to the heart of international health policy, practice and research. Providing an integrated and context-sensitive approach that focuses on men's and women's health, actor-centred and institutional approaches to healthcare, as well as to the needs of service users and professionals, this comprehensive and innovative overview examines both the developed and developing world, and explores intersections between gender and a wide range of social inequalitiesDivided into five parts this panoramic survey covers . The gendering of healthcare and policy. The social patterning of health by gender. Equity and access to healthcare. The organization and delivery of healthcare. Health professions and gender.Offering an impressive range of international world classexpertise and insight, each chapter includes a chapter summary and an overview of key reading, making this Handbook an invaluable companion for a wide range of academics, researchers, practitioners and policymakers. INDICE: Introduction: Bringing Gender to the Heart of Health Policy, Practice and Research; .E.Kuhlmann. & .E.Annandale .PART I: GENDERING HEALTHCARE AND POLICY .Re-visiting Gender Justice in Health and Healthcare; .S.Payne. &. L.Doyal .Gender Equality and International Health Policy Planning; .S.N.Abdool.,.C.Garcia-Moreno. &. A.Amin.Gender Equity and Health Sector Reforms in Low and Middle Income Countries; .H.Standing. Gender-sensitive Indicators for Healthcare; .V.Lin. & .H.L'Orange. Gender Assessment: European Health Research Policies; .I.Klinge. Gender and the Medicalization of Healthcare; .S.E.Bell. & .A.E.Figert .PART II: THE SOCIAL PATTERNING OF HEALTH BY GENDER .Changing Patternsof Morbidity and Mortality; .C.E.Bird., .M.E.Lang. & .P.P.Rieker.ReproductiveRegimes: Governing Gendered Bodies; .E.Ettorre. & .C.Kingdon.Coronary Heart Disease: Gendered Public Health Discourses;. E.Riska.Gender and Mental Health; .J.Busfield.HIV/AIDS and Gender; .L.Gilbert. & .T.Selikow.PART III: EQUITY ANDACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.Gender and Help-seeking: Towards Gender-comparative Studies; .K.Hunt., .J.Adamson. & .P.Galdas.Gender Differences in Healthcare Utilization in Later Life;. K.Roy. & .A.Chaudhuri.Men's Health and Well-being;. T.Schofield .The Healthcare Needs of Gay and Lesbian Patients; .J.Edwards.Mothers and Children: What Does their Health Tell us About Gender?; .T.Patel.Gender, Health, Care and Place: Living in Rural and Remote Communities; .I.L.Bourgeault. & .R.Sutherns.PART IV: GENDERING THE ORGANIZATION AND DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE.The New Management of Healthcare: 'Rational' Performance and Gendered Actors;.J.Barry., .E.Berg. & .J.Chandler.Old Age Care Policies: Gendering Institutional Arrangements Across Countries; .V.Burau., .H.Theobald. &. R.H.Blank.Primary Prevention and Health Promotion: Towards Gender-sensitive Interventions; .P.Kolip.Gender and Maternal Healthcare; .J.Sandall., .C.Benoit., .E.van Teijlingen., .S.Wrede., .E.Declercq. &. R.de Vries.Women's Health Centres: Creating Spaces and Institutional Support; .P.Armstrong.PART V: THE PROFESSIONS AS CATALYST OF GENDER-SENSITIVE HEALTHCARE.Women in the Medical Profession: International Trends; .E.Riska. Sex, Gender and Health: Developments in Medical Research;.T.Lagro-Janssen. Gender Mainstreaming at the Cross-roads of Eastern-western Healthcare; .L.Cheng, E.Kuhlmann. & .E.Annandale.Nursing: Globalization of a Female-gendered Profession; .S.Wrede .Conclusion: Gender and Healthcare: The Future; .E.Annandale. & .E.Kuhlmann.
- ISBN: 978-1-1370-1514-3
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 504
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido