Wellcome

Gender equity in health : the shifting frontiers of evidence and action / edited by Gita Sen and Piroska Östlin.

Contributor(s): Sen, Gita | Östlin, Piroska, 1958-Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge studies in health and social welfare ; 5.Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2010Description: xix, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780415801904 (hardback); 0415801907 (hardback)Subject(s): Social medicine | Equality -- Health aspects | Sex discrimination | Women's health servicesLOC classification: RA418.5.S63 | G46 2010Online resources: Click here to view Also available as an electronic resource.
Contents:
Gender as a social determinant of health : evidence, policies, and innovations / Gita Sen and Piroska Östlin -- The social body : gender and the burden of disease / Rachel Snow -- Inequalities and intersections in health : a review of the evidence / Aditi Iyer, Gita Sen, and Piroska Östlin -- Gendered health outcomes of an 'endless' war on terror / Rosalind Petchesky and Melissa Laurie -- Gender, health, and poverty in Latin America / Karina Batthyany and Sonia Corrêa -- Gender norms and empowerment : 'what works' to increase equity for women and girls / Helen Keleher -- Challenging gender in patient-provider interactions / Veloshnee Govender and Loveday Penn-Kekana -- Exploring the gendered dimensions of human resources for health / Asha George -- Accountability to citizens on gender and health / Ranjani K. Murthy -- Gender mainstreaming in health : the emperor's new clothes? / T.K.S. Ravindran and A. Kelkar-Khambete.
Item type:
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Ebooks Ebooks Mysore University Main Library
Not for loan EBTF1599

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gender as a social determinant of health : evidence, policies, and innovations / Gita Sen and Piroska Östlin -- The social body : gender and the burden of disease / Rachel Snow -- Inequalities and intersections in health : a review of the evidence / Aditi Iyer, Gita Sen, and Piroska Östlin -- Gendered health outcomes of an 'endless' war on terror / Rosalind Petchesky and Melissa Laurie -- Gender, health, and poverty in Latin America / Karina Batthyany and Sonia Corrêa -- Gender norms and empowerment : 'what works' to increase equity for women and girls / Helen Keleher -- Challenging gender in patient-provider interactions / Veloshnee Govender and Loveday Penn-Kekana -- Exploring the gendered dimensions of human resources for health / Asha George -- Accountability to citizens on gender and health / Ranjani K. Murthy -- Gender mainstreaming in health : the emperor's new clothes? / T.K.S. Ravindran and A. Kelkar-Khambete.

Also available as an electronic resource.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

No. of hits (from 9th Mar 12) :

Powered by Koha