Gender and health :

Bird, Chloe E.

Gender and health : The Effects of Constrained Choices and Social Policies / Chloe E. Bird, Patricia P. Rieker. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xv, 256 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gender differences in health: are they biological, social, or both? -- Gender and barriers to health: constrained choice in everyday decisions -- National social policies and constrained choice -- The impact of community on health -- Priorities and expectations: men's and women's work, family life, and health -- Gender and individual health choices -- Opportunities for change.

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Sex factors in disease.
Health--Sex differences.
Medical policy.
Sex Factors.
Gender Identity.
Health Behavior.
Public Policy.

RB212 / .B57 2008

362.108

QZ 53 / B618g 2008