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UNINA9910809995103321 |
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Titolo |
Gender equity in health : the shifting frontiers of evidence and action / / edited by Gita Sen and Piroska Östlin |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Routledge, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-23816-2 |
1-282-31587-0 |
9786612315879 |
0-203-86690-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (341 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in health and social welfare ; ; 5 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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SenGita |
ÖstlinPiroska <1958-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social medicine |
Equality - Health aspects |
Sex discrimination |
Women's health services |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Boxes; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Gender as a Social Determinant of Health: Evidence, Policies, and Innovations; 2 The Social Body: Gender and the Burden of Disease; 3 Inequalities and Intersections in Health: A Review of the Evidence; 4 Gendered Health Outcomes of an 'Endless' War on Terror; 5 Gender, Health, and Poverty in Latin America; 6 Gender Norms and Empowerment: 'What Works' to Increase Equity for Women and Girls; 7 Challenging Gender in Patient-Provider Interactions |
8 Exploring the Gendered Dimensions of Human Resources for Health9 Accountability to Citizens on Gender and Health; 10 Gender Mainstreaming in Health: The Emperor's New Clothes?; Contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume brings together experts from a variety of disciplines, such as medicine, biology, sociology, epidemiology, anthropology, economics and political science, who focus on three areas: health disparities and inequity due to gender, the specific problems women |
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