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2015-04 |
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2015-04-30 |
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Taking a social constructionist perspective, the book aims to consider the ways in
which gender impacts upon health in all its elements including access, technology,
professionalisation, health promotion and health as an important sector of the labour
market. The volume begins with discussion of gender as a developing and diversified
category, exploring ideas about masculinity and the fluidity of gender boundaries
in determining individual identity. Chapters that follow discuss men’s and women’s
health; ideology of gender and health specifically exploring different social norms
and ideas about male and female health and the dominant ideological association between
femaleness and caring; working for health with particular focus on the gendered interplay
of caring and curing roles; technology and reproductive health; health promotion as
a gendered activity and, finally, the importance of introducing an intersectional
approach beyond gender to articulate a deeper understanding of health in a post modern
context. The concluding chapter draws together these themes to underscore the importance
of placing gender at the centre of health and health care delivery to fully take account
of both the different life and health experiences of men and women and the gendered
dimensions of working in health care.
These issues are discussed against the background of health policy and practice in
the countries of the west, particularly focusing on the UK. Whilst the complexity
of post-colonial discourses has had a profound impact on health regimes in the developing
world, that discussion is beyond the scope of this text. The same discourses, however,
contribute to understanding of labour market organisation in the UK health sector
and this contributes to the penultimate chapter that considers the relevance of an
intersectional approach.
A significant portion of the book discusses the role that gender plays in shaping
the experience of occupational/professional roles in the health care sector highlighting
the continuing material basis of gender inequality within health care employment.
An underpinning feminist analysis is proposed to take account of the real world experience
of gender inequality in the labour market for health care workers. |
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9781409468363 |
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peerReviewed |
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Article |
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Book |
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Watts, Jacqueline H. (2015). Gender, health and healthcare: women's and men's
experience of health and working in healthcare roles. Farnham: Ashgate. |
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Watts, Jacqueline H. (2015). Gender, health and healthcare: women's and men's experience
of health and working in healthcare roles. Farnham: Ashgate. |
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urn:isbn:9781409468363 |
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ext-77ef9d4c6e2e0adcf27728e88cbf183d |
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Title |
Gender, health and healthcare: women's and men's experience of health and working
in healthcare roles |
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