The Health of Men and WomenISBN: 978-0-7456-3453-1
Hardcover
240 pages
September 2006, Polity
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This comprehensive text looks in detail at important patterns in
men and women's health. It takes account of the ways in which sex
and gender interact, both with each other and with other forms of
difference, such as race, ethnicity and socio-economic
disadvantage. In addition to drawing on data and debates from the
USA, the UK and other industrialized nations, it examines health in
developing countries, giving the book a strong international and
comparative focus. As well as discussing a range of health-related
behaviours, such as diet, exercise, alcohol, smoking and drug use,
the book explores in depth topics such as mental health, morbidity
and reproduction.
The Health of Men and Women is written particularly with the needs, interests and abilities of upper-level undergraduate students in mind. It will be of particular interest to those studying the sociology of health and illness, and will also be highly relevant to courses on gender, race and ethnicity, and a range of other key sociological issues.