The Palgrave Handbook of Gender and Healthcare

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Introduction....Pages 1-17
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
Gender-sensitive Indicators for Healthcare....Pages 72-90
Gender Assessment: European Health Research Policies....Pages 91-106
Gender and the Medicalization of Healthcare....Pages 107-122
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Changing Gendered Patterns of Morbidity and Mortality....Pages 125-141
Reproductive Regimes: Governing Gendered Bodies....Pages 142-157
Coronary Heart Disease: Gendered Public Health Discourses....Pages 158-171
Gender and Mental Health....Pages 172-188
HIV/AIDS and Gender....Pages 189-203
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Gender and Help-seeking: Towards Gender-comparative Studies....Pages 207-221
Gender Differences in Healthcare Utilization in Later Life....Pages 222-238
Men’s Health and Well-being....Pages 239-255
The Healthcare Needs of Gay and Lesbian Patients....Pages 256-271
Mothers and Children: What Does Their Health Tell Us about Gender?....Pages 272-286
Gender, Health, Care and Place: Living in Rural and Remote Communities....Pages 287-302
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
The New Management of Healthcare: ‘Rational’ Performance and Gendered Actors....Pages 305-320
Old Age Care Policies: Gendering Institutional Arrangements across Countries....Pages 321-336
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
Primary Prevention and Health Promotion: Towards Gender-sensitive Interventions....Pages 337-354
Gender and Maternal Healthcare....Pages 355-370
Women’s Health Centres: Creating Spaces and Institutional Support....Pages 371-386
Front Matter....Pages 387-387
Women in the Medical Profession: International Trends....Pages 389-404
Sex, Gender and Health: Developments in Medical Research....Pages 405-420
Gender Mainstreaming at the Cross-roads of Eastern-Western Healthcare....Pages 421-436
Nursing: Globalization of a Female-gendered Profession....Pages 437-453
Conclusion....Pages 454-469
Back Matter....Pages 470-482