Gender and the social construction of illness
Men, health and hygiene
Sex Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Social medicine
Women's Health
Feminist theory
Sociological aspects
Women, health and hygiene
Men
Sex role
Feminism
Health and hygiene
Social aspects
Women
"In this volume Judith Lorber explores the interaction between gender as a social institution on one hand and Western medicine as a social institution on the other. Focusing on illnesses considered to be physical, Lorber brings a feminist viewpoint to analyze issues of power and politics, which have…
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