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9780803958142

Gender and the Social Construction of Illness

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  • ISBN13:

    9780803958142

  • ISBN10:

    0803958145

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-08-02
  • Publisher: AltaMira Press

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Summary

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
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