Relocating gender and morbidity: Examining men's and women's health in contemporary Western societies. Introduction to Special Issue on Gender and Health. Editorial

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-5

  Hunt, Kate ^a   Annandale, Ellen ^b  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; RESEARCH; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032955734     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00284-6     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Annandale, E., 1998. The Sociology of Health and Medicine. A Critical Introduction. Polity Press, Cambridge.
2. Annandale, E., Clark, J., in press. Gender, postmodernism and health. In: Williams, S., Gabe, J., Calnan, M., Theorising Medicine, Health and Society: Recent Developments in Medical Sociology. Sage.
3. Annandale E., Hunt K. Masculinity, femininity and sex: an exploration of their relative contribution to explaining gender differences in health. Sociology of Health and Illness. 12(1):1990;24-46.
4. Arber S., Ginn J. Gender and inequalities in health in later life. Social Science and Medicine. 36:1993;33-46.
5. Craig, J., 1995. Males and females: some vital differences. Population Trends 80. HMSO, London, pp. 27-30.
6. Gove W.R. Gender differences in mental and physical illness: the effects of fixed roles and nurturant roles. Social Science and Medicine. 19(2):1984;77-91.
7. Hraba J., Lorenz F., Lee G., Pechacova Z. Gender differences in health: evidence from the Czech Republic. Social Science and Medicine. 43:1996;1443-1451.
8. Hunt K., Annandale E. Just the job? Is the relationship between health and domestic and paid work gender-specific? Sociology of Health and Illness. 15(5):1993;632-664.
9. Krieger N. Racial and gender discrimination: risk factors for high blood pressure? Social Science and Medicine. 30(12):1990;1273-1281.
10. Lewis N.D. Intellectual intersections: gender and health in the Pacific. Social Science and Medicine. 46(6):1998;641-659.
11. Macintyre S. Gender differences in the perceptions of common cold symptoms. Social Science and Medicine. 36(1):1993;15-20.
12. Macintyre S., Hunt K. Socioeconomic position, gender and health; how do they interact? Journal of Health Psychology. 2:1997;315-334.
13. Macintyre S., Hunt K., Sweeting H. Gender differences in health: are things really as simple as they seem? Social Science and Medicine. 42:1996;617-624.
14. Mechanic D. Sex, illness, illness behaviour and the use of health services. Social Science and Medicine. 12B:1978;207-214.
15. Nathanson C.A. Sex, illness and medical care. A review of data, theory and method. Social Science and Medicine. 11:1977;13-25.
16. Nathanson C.A. Social roles and health status among women: the significance of employment. Social Science and Medicine. 14A:1980;463-471.
17. Okojie C.E.E. Gender inequalities in the Third World. Social Science and Medicine. 39:1994;1237-1247.
18. Popay J., Bartley M., Owen C. Gender inequalities in health: social position, affective disorders and minor physical morbidity. Social Science and Medicine. 36:1993;21-32.
19. Stacey M., Olesen V. Introduction. Social Science and Medicine. 36:1993;1-4.
20. Stein, J., 1997. Empowerment and Women's Health. Zed Books.
21. Verbrugge L.M. How physicians treat mentally distressed men and women. Social Science and Medicine. 18:1984;1-9.
22. Vlassof C. Gender inequalities in the Third World: uncharted ground. Social Science and Medicine. 39:1994;1249-1259.
23. Walby, S., 1997. Gender Transformations. Routledge, London.
24. Waldron I. Why do women live longer than men? Social Science and Medicine. 10:1976;349-362.
25. Waldron I. Sex differences in human mortality: the roles of genetic factors. Social Science and Medicine. 17(6):1983;321-333.
26. Waldron I. Sex differences in illness incidence, prognosis and mortality: issues and evidence. Social Science and Medicine. 17(16):1983;1107-1123.
27. Waldron, I., 1995a. Contributions of biological and behavioural factors to changing sex differences in ischaemic heart disease mortality. In: Lopez, A., Valkonen, T., Caselli, G., Adult Mortality in Developed Countries. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 161-178.
28. Waldron, I., 1995b. Contributions of changing gender differences in behavior and social roles to changing gender differences in mortality. In: Sabo, D., Gordon, D., Men's Health and Illness: Gender Power and the Body. Sage Publications, Newbury Park, CA, pp. 22-45.
29. Yllo K. Sexual equality and violence against wives in American states. Journal of Comparitive Family Studies. 14(1):1983;67-86.