Gender and the Social Construction of Illness

by Lisa Jean Moore and Judith Lorber

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803958145
• ISBN13: 9780803958142
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"