Men's health and illness : gender, power, and the body

By:

Sabo, D

Contributor(s):

Gordon, D.F

Series: Research on men and masculinities seriesPublication details: Thousand Oaks : Sage, 1995ISBN:

0803952759

Subject(s):

Contents:

Rethinking men's health & illness ; Contributions of changing gender differences in behavior & social roles to changing gender differences in mortality ; Premature death among males ; Masculinity, men's roles, and coronary heart disease ; Life's too short to die small ; Health among African American males ; Gender politics, pain & illness ; Sport, masculinity, and the injured body ; Coming to terms ; Men's style of nurturing elders ; Sexual adaptations among gay men with HIV ; Testicular cancer & masculinity ; Identity dilemmas of chronically ill men ; Men who survive a suicidal act

Summary: Argues that gender is a key factor for understanding the patterns of men's health risks, the ways men perceive & use their bodies, and men's psychological adjustment to illness itself.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	David Adams Library (Royal Marsden)	WA 31 SAB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		54031000077867
Book	David Adams Library (Royal Marsden) Shelves	WA309.5 SAB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0000003189

No. 8 in the series

Key text (CCPC)

Argues that gender is a key factor for understanding the patterns of men's health risks, the ways men perceive & use their bodies, and men's psychological adjustment to illness itself.

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