[Women's health and ill health from a gender theoretic perspective].
Accumulated knowledge of women's health remains incomplete, and its fragmentary nature may be explained by a variety of factors: the contrived 'invisibility' of women in research, normative male predominance, gender bias, an inadequate female power base, insufficient resources, etc. The health paradox--i.e., the relative longevity of women versus their greater proneness to disease and symptoms--is discussed and two models, a biological/genetic and a sociocultural model, are presented in an attempt to explain it. The adoption of a gender perspective in future research is suggested as a possible mean of eliciting new knowledge in this field.
Institutionen för allmänmedicin, Umeå Universitet.
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Hammarström
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Hovelius
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008136:Longevity; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D009026:Mortality; D011287:Prejudice; D012106:Research; D016387:Women's Health
Kvinnors hälsa och ohälsa ur ett könsteoretiskt perspektiv.