Implications of structure versus agency for addressing health and well-being in our ecologically constrained world: With a focus on prospects for gender equity

International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 47-69

  Walls, Helen L ^a   Butler, Colin D ^b   Dixon, Jane ^c   Samarawickrema, Indira ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological constraints; Gender equity; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941562801     PISSN: 19374585     EISSN: 19374577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/ijfab.8.2.47     Document Type: Review

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