The Palgrave Handbook of Gender and Healthcare

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Introduction....Pages 1-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Re-visiting Gender Justice in Health and Healthcare....Pages 21-35
Gender Equality and International Health Policy Planning....Pages 36-55
Gender Equity and Health Sector Reforms in Low and Middle-income Countries....Pages 56-71
Gendering Health Human Resource Policy and Management....Pages 72-91
Gender-sensitive Indicators for Healthcare....Pages 92-110
Gender Assessment: European Health Research Policies....Pages 111-126
Gender and the Medicalization of Healthcare....Pages 127-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Changing Gendered Patterns of Morbidity and Mortality....Pages 145-161
Reproductive Regimes: Governing Gendered Bodies....Pages 162-177
Coronary Heart Disease: Gendered Public Health Discourses....Pages 178-191
Gender and Mental Health....Pages 192-208
HIV/AIDS and Gender....Pages 209-223
Gender and End-of-life Care....Pages 224-238
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
Gender and Help-seeking: Towards Gender-comparative Studies....Pages 241-255
Gender Differences in Healthcare Utilization in Later Life....Pages 256-272
Men’s Health and Well-being....Pages 273-289
The Healthcare Needs of Gay and Lesbian Patients....Pages 290-305
Mothers and Children: What Does Their Health Tell Us about Gender?....Pages 306-320
Gender, Health, Care and Place: Living in Rural and Remote Communities....Pages 321-336
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
The New Management of Healthcare: ‘Rational’ Performance and Gendered Actors....Pages 339-354
Old Age Care Policies: Gendering Institutional Arrangements across Countries....Pages 355-370
Primary Prevention and Health Promotion: Towards Gender-sensitive Interventions....Pages 371-388
Gender and Maternal Healthcare....Pages 389-404
Women’s Health Centres: Creating Spaces and Institutional Support....Pages 405-420
Front Matter....Pages 421-421
Women in the Medical Profession: International Trends....Pages 423-438
Sex, Gender and Health: Developments in Medical Research....Pages 439-454
Gender Mainstreaming at the Cross-roads of Eastern-Western Healthcare....Pages 455-470
Nursing: Globalization of a Female-gendered Profession....Pages 471-487
Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Gender and Marginality....Pages 488-504
Conclusion....Pages 505-520
Back Matter....Pages 521-535