Sex, gender, and health / edited by Tessa M. Pollard and Susan Brin Hyatt.

Other author Pollard, Tessa M., 1966-
Other author Hyatt, Susan Brin, 1953-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©1999.
Descriptionxiii, 170 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Sex, gender, and health : integrating biological and social perspectives / Tessa M. Pollard, Susan Brin Hyatt -- Parental manipulation of postnatal survival and well-being : are parental sex preferences adaptive? / Catherine M. Hill, Helen L. Ball -- Gender bias in South Asia : effects on child growth and nutritional status / Emily K. Rousham -- Sex, gender and cardiovascular disease / Tessa M. Pollard -- Social meanings and sexual bodies : gender, sexuality and barriers to women's health care / Lenore Manderson -- Poverty and the medicalisation of motherhood / Susan Brin Hyatt -- The vanishing woman : gender and population health / Patricia A. Kaufert -- Agency, opposition and resistance : a systemic approach to psychological illness in sub-dominant groups / Roland Littlewood.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 98032165
ISBN0521592828
ISBN0521597072 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks RA564.7 .S49 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold