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8%OFFPiroska Östlin (Ed.) - Gender Inequalities in Health - 9780674005280 - V9780674005280
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Gender Inequalities in Health

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Description for Gender Inequalities in Health Paperback. Reviewing research and presenting empirical data from Sweden and elsewhere, the authors examine basic concepts, possible hypotheses, explanatory models, and policy solutions for the biological and social causes of the differences in health between men and women. Editor(s): Ostlin, Piroska; etc.; Danielsson, Finn; Harenstam, Annika; Lindberg, Gudrun. Translator(s): Duncan, Dorothy. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNS; JH; JPQB; MBNH; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.

This revised volume, originally published in Sweden, consolidates multidisciplinary research on gender inequalities in health. Reviewing previous research and presenting new empirical data from Sweden and elsewhere, the authors examine basic concepts, possible hypotheses, explanatory models, and policy solutions for the biological and social causes of the differences in health between men and women. Along with discussions of reproductive, mental, and occupational health, this book reviews critical issues such as violence and asks important questions, such as why men are dying younger.

The volume also analyzes how Sweden’s labor market, social structure, and health care system have contributed to ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674005280
SKU
V9780674005280
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Ref
99-1

About Piroska Östlin (Ed.)
Piroska Östlin is a medical sociologist based at the Karolinska Institute as a Senior Researcher. She is also a Research Fellow of the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. Annika Härenstam is a Senior Researcher at the National Institute of Working Life, Sweden.

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