Gender, Ethnicity, and Health Research

• Main Author: Loue, Sana (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 1999.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Public health.; Health promotion.; Anthropology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

Health researchers routinely evaluate health and illness across subgroups defined by their sex, gender, ethnicity, and race. All too often, these classifications are proffered as an explanation for any differences that may be detected, for example, in access to care, frequency of disease, or respons...