'Men are leavers alone and women are worriers': Gender differences in discourses of health

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-132

  Charles, Nickie ^a   Walters, Vivienne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourses of health; Doing gender; Gender; Health talk; Masculinity; Risk

Indexed keywords

RECREATIONAL DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASCULINITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 46649099865     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698570802160954     Document Type: Article

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