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Title:

Gender equity in health : the shifting frontiers of evidence and action / edited by Gita Sen and Piroska Östlin.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xix, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Social medicine.
Equality--Health aspects.
Sex discrimination.
Women's health services.
Health Status Disparities.
Sex Factors.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Women's Health.

Other Authors:

Sen, Gita.
Östlin, Piroska, 1958-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Gender as a social determinant of health : evidence, policies, and innovations / Gita Sen and Piroska Östlin -- The social body : gender and the burden of disease / Rachel Snow -- Inequalities and intersections in health : a review of the evidence / Aditi Iyer, Gita Sen, and Piroska Östlin -- Gendered health outcomes of an 'endless' war on terror / Rosalind Petchesky and Melissa Laurie -- Gender, health, and poverty in Latin America / Karina Batthyany and Sonia Corrêa -- Gender norms and empowerment : 'what works' to increase equity for women and girls / Helen Keleher -- Challenging gender in patient-provider interactions / Veloshnee Govender and Loveday Penn-Kekana -- Exploring the gendered dimensions of human resources for health / Asha George -- Accountability to citizens on gender and health / Ranjani K. Murthy -- Gender mainstreaming in health : the emperor's new clothes? / T.K.S. Ravindran and A. Kelkar-Khambete.

Series:

Routledge studies in health and social welfare ; 5.

ISBN:

0203866908 (ebk)
9780203866900 (ebk)
0415801907 (hbk)
9780415801904 (hbk)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)338324361

LCCN:

2009021075

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)