Gender, Health and Healing

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What do we mean by ''gender'' and how does this relate to health?<BR>How is ''biology'' best understood?<BR>What does a focus on the division of labour bring to our understanding of health work?<BR>Is (gender) ''equity'' in health possible?<BR>How have developments such as the resurgence of emotions and the new genetics affected these and other social relations at the turn of the century?<BR>These are just some of the questions addressed in <EM>Gender, Health and Healing</EM> in which a whole range of issues are brought together and connected to emerging concerns in contemporary life such as the new genetics and transformations in biomedical knowledge and practices. It offers a challenging assessment of gender relations and embodied practices across the public/private divide, using health and healing as paradigmatic examples.<BR>This thought-provoking volume lies at the intersection of gender studies, the sociology of health and healing, health policy, the critical analysis of scientif