Men, masculine identities, and health care utilisation

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 711-725

  Noone, Jack H ^a   Stephens, Christine ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Health care utilisation; Hegemonic masculinity; Masculine identities; Positioning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOLOGY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEN; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 47349114143     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2008.01095.x     Document Type: Article

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