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Title: GENDER AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF ILLNESS
By: Judith Lorber
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 0803958137
ISBN 13: 9780803958135
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Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Pub. date: 6 September, 1997
Series: The Gender Lens
Pages: 160
Description: In this timely and perceptive volume, Judith Lorber considers the interface between gender as a social institution on the one hand, and western medicine as a social institution on the other. Focusing on belief that illnesses are considered to be physical, Judith Lorber brings a feminist viewpoint to analyze issues of power and politics which have pervaded the study of both gender and medicine in recent times.
Synopsis: In this timely and perceptive volume, Judith Lorber considers the interface between gender as a social institution on the one hand, and western medicine as a social institution on the other. Focusing on belief that illnesses are considered to be physical, Judith Lorber brings a feminist viewpoint to analyze issues of power and politics which have pervaded the study of both gender and medicine in recent times.
Publication: US
Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc
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