Gender Inequalities in Health Over the Life Course. Attitudes Towards III-Health in Men and Women Treated for Childhood Cancer

Swiss Journal of Sociology

Dumas Agnes¹ 

[1] Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), INSERM U1018, Université Paris-Sud, F-94807 Villejuif;

关键词: health care use;    gender;    inequalities;    risk;    interviews;   

DOI  :  10.1515/sjs-2018-0013

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Gender inequalities in health may result from differences in health care utilisation. This paper reports, using an interactionist approach, health-related beliefs of men and women treated for cancer in childhood and living with increased health risks ever since. We observed that normative masculine traits are sometimes used to legitimise a reluctance to undergo medical surveillance. Overall, men tended to express a passive attitude towards ill-health, resulting in a gendered health vulnerability.

【 授权许可】

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