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Gender, Ethnicity, and Health Research
Loue, Sana, Jd, Phd, Mssa
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Description for Gender, Ethnicity, and Health Research
Hardback. Examines the basic constructs of gender, sex, ethnicity, and race. These constructs are routinely used in the analysis of data in a number of fields, including epidemiology, health services research, sociology, and medical anthropology. This book addresses these constructs of gender and ethnicity. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 672.
Health researchers routinely evaluate health and illness across subgroups defined by their sex, gender, ethnicity, and race. All too often, these classifications are proffered as an explanation for any differences that may be detected, for example, in access to care, frequency of disease, or response to treatment. Relatively few researchers, however, have examined what these classifications mean on a theoretical level or in the context of their own research. Assume, for example, that a researcher concludes from his or her data that African- Americans utilize certain surgical procedures less frequently than whites. This conclusion may mean little without an examination ... Read more
Health researchers routinely evaluate health and illness across subgroups defined by their sex, gender, ethnicity, and race. All too often, these classifications are proffered as an explanation for any differences that may be detected, for example, in access to care, frequency of disease, or response to treatment. Relatively few researchers, however, have examined what these classifications mean on a theoretical level or in the context of their own research. Assume, for example, that a researcher concludes from his or her data that African- Americans utilize certain surgical procedures less frequently than whites. This conclusion may mean little without an examination ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
Number of Pages
195
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306461729
SKU
V9780306461729
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99-15
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