Gender and health inequities: A comment on the Final Report of the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1002-1004

  Bates, Lisa Michelle ^a   Hankivsky, Olena ^b   Springer, Kristen W ^a,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Camden Campus of Rutgers The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Commission on Social Determinants of Health; Gender; Health inequities; WHO

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH POLICY; WOMENS HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; GENDER; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MASCULINITY; POLICY; POVERTY; RACE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 69849095475     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.07.021     Document Type: Note

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