Men's Health and Illness

by Sabo, Donald F.; Gordon, David F.

• ISBN13: 9780803948143
• ISBN10: 080394814X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-09-01
• Publisher: Sage Pubns

Summary

"The reader, whether a professional health care worker, researcher, clinician, or concerned individual, will obtain a clearer perspective on the connections between men's health and gender, along with a broader conceptualization of the experiences of men in contemporary society. --Choice Men's Health and Illness contextualizes men's health issues within the broader theoretical framework of the new men's studies. This framework focuses on the profound influence of gender on social life and individual experience. The editors and chapter contributors of this groundbreaking volume argue that gender is a key factor for understanding the patterns of men's health risks, the ways men perceive and use their bodies, and men's psychological adjustment to illness itself. Part I introduces readers to men's studies perspectives and explains their relevance for understanding men's health. Part II explores the linkages between traditional gender roles, men's health, and larger structural and cultural contexts, and Part III examines the implications of multiple masculinities for health issues. The scope of this volume is both multidisciplinary and international. The authors use quantitative and qualitative research methodologies which provide a well-rounded analysis of the subject matter. Taken collectively, the contributions to Men's Health and Illness reflect current efforts by men's studies practitioners to develop theoretical explanations of men's lives that also refer to the influences of class, race, ethnicity, sexual preference, and age. "This collaborative effort in presenting research and theories is so significant that it should become part of the literature studied by advocates of women's studies and men's studies. The reader, whether professional healthcare worker, researcher, clinician, or concerned individual will obtain a clearer perspective on the connections between men's health and gender, along with a broader conceptualization of the experiences of men in contemporary society. Upper-division undergraduate through professional." --Choice

Table of Contents

PART ONE: MASCULINITY, HEALTH, AND ILLNESS - Donald Sabo and David Frederick Gordon

Rethinking Men's Health and Illness - Ingrid Waldron

Contributions of Changing Gender Differences in Behavior and Social Roles to Changing Gender Differences in Mortality - Judith M Stillion

Premature Death among Males - Vicki S Helgeson

Masculinity, Men's Roles, and Coronary Heart Disease - Alan M Klein

Life's Too Short to Die Small

Steroid Use among Male Bodybuilders

PART TWO: DIFFERENT STAKES - Robert Staples

Health among African American Males - Carol Polych and Donald Sabo

Gender Politics, Pain, and Illness - Phillip G White, Kevin Young and William G McTeer

Sport, Masculinity, and the Injured Body - Thomas J Gerschick and Adam S Miller

Coming to Terms

PART THREE: PSYCHOSOCIAL AND CLINICAL APSECTS OF MEN'S HEALTH - Lenard W Kaye and Jeffrey S Applegate

Men's Style of Nurturing Elders - Richard Tewksbury

Sexual Adaptations among Gay Men with HIV - David Frederick Gordon

Testicular Cancer and Masculinity - Kathy Charmaz

Identity Dilemmas of Chronically Ill Men - Silvia Sara Canetto

Men Who Survive a Suicidal Act