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It is widely recognised that men and women in societies all over the world have very different experiences of sickness and health. This collection brings together biological and social anthropologists whose work illustrates how these sub-disciplines have approached the task of explaining such differences. We demonstrate that an understanding of science and culture, using the notions of biological 'sex' and socio-culturally constructed 'gender' are both essential for furthering analyses of men's and women's, boys' and girls' experiences of health and disease. We address the important topics of gender differences in parental care, cardiovascular disease, reproductive health and psychological illness, and look at how the medicalisation of women and their relative absence from models of population health might affect their experiences of preventative health measures. This book will be particularly useful for students on human sciences or anthropology courses, or anyone wishing to gain an interdisciplinary perspective on the subject.

Anthropologie médicale --- Antropologie [Medische ] --- Medical anthropology --- Medische antropologie --- Health --- Medical anthropology. --- Cross-cultural studies. --- Sex differences. --- Sex Factors --- Anthropology, Cultural --- Disease Susceptibility --- Prejudice --- Women's Health --- gender --- sekseselectie (geslachtsselectie) --- gezondheid --- Woman's Health --- Womens Health --- Health, Woman's --- Health, Women's --- Health, Womens --- Prejudices --- Cultural Anthropology --- Ethnography --- Ethnographies --- Qualitative Research --- Normalcy --- Normality --- Normalities --- Personal health --- Wellness --- Medicine --- Physiology --- Diseases --- Holistic medicine --- Hygiene --- Well-being --- Medical care --- Anthropology --- Susceptibility, Disease --- Diathesis --- Diatheses --- Disease Susceptibilities --- Susceptibilities, Disease --- Factor, Sex --- Factors, Sex --- Sex Factor --- genre --- sélection de sexe (choix du sexe) --- santé --- Anthropological aspects --- Cross-cultural studies --- Sex differences --- Anti-Semitism --- Islamophobia --- Anti Semitism --- Anti-Semitisms --- Islamophobias --- Material Culture --- Culture, Material --- Material Cultures --- Implicit Bias --- Bia, Implicit --- Bias, Implicit --- Life Sciences --- General and Others