Health inequalities: Gendered puzzles and conundrums. The 10th Annual Sol Levine Lecture on Society and Health, October 6, 2008

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1006-1009

  Sen, Gita ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; ETHICS; GENDER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LEGAL ASPECT; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 69949109056     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.07.027     Document Type: Note

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