Gender and the social construction of illness

Author(s)

• Lorber, Judith

Bibliographic Information

Gender and the social construction of illness

Judith Lorber

（Gender lens）

AltaMira Press, a division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2000

• : cloth

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-134) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In this timely and perceptive volume, Judith Lorber considers the interface between gender as a social institution on the one hand, and western medicine as a social institution on the other. Focusing on belief that illnesses are considered to be physical, Judith Lorber brings a feminist viewpoint to analyze issues of power and politics which have pervaded the study of both gender and medicine in recent times.

Table of Contents

Gender and the Social Construction of Illness Overview Women Get Sicker but Men Die Quicker Social Epidemiology The Doctor Knows Best Gender and the Medical Encounter If a Situation is Defined as Real Premenstrual Syndrome and Menopause A Modern Plague Gender and AIDS Treating Social Bodies in Social Worlds Feminist Health Care

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA56328056
• ISBN:
  • 0803958145
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Walnut Creek, CA
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 148 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Social medicine
  • LCSH : Sexism in medicine
  • LCSH : Women -- Health and hygiene -- Sociological aspects
  • LCSH : Men -- Health and hygiene -- Sociological aspects
  • LCSH : Sex role
  • LCSH : Feminist theory
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA28489170