The Palgrave Handbook Of Gender And Healthcare

The Palgrave Handbook of Gender and Healthcare Also by Ellen Kuhlmann MODERNISING HEALTH CARE: Reinventing Professions, the State and the Public RETHINKING PROFESSIONAL GOVERNANCE: International Directions in Healthcare (co-edited) Also by Ellen Annandale WOMEN’S HEALTH AND SOCIAL CHANGE GENDER INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH (co-edited) THE SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE The Palgrave Handbook of Gender and Healthcare Edited by Ellen Kuhlmann University of Bath, UK Ellen Annandale University of Leicester, UK ISBN 978-1-349-31135-4 ISBN 978-0-230-29033-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978 -0-230 -29033 -4 Selection and editorial matter © Ellen Kuhlmann and Ellen Annandale 2010 Individual chapters © their respective authors 2010 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2010 978-0-230-23031-6 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2010 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. 10 19 9 18 8 17 7 6 16 15 5 4 3 14 13 12 2 11 1 10 Contents Figures viii Tables ix Boxes x Notes on Contributors xi Introduction Bringing Gender to the Heart of Health Policy, Practice and Research Ellen Kuhlmann and Ellen Annandale Part I Gendering Healthcare and Policy 1 19 1. Re-visiting Gender Justice in Health and Healthcare Sarah Payne and Lesley Doyal 21 2. Gender Equality and International Health Policy Planning Shelly N. Abdool, Claudia García-Moreno and Avni Amin 36 3. Gender Equity and Health Sector Reforms in Low and Middle-income Countries Hilary Standing 56 4. Gender-sensitive Indicators for Healthcare Vivian Lin and Helen L’Orange 72 5. Gender Assessment: European Health Research Policies Ineke Klinge 91 6. Gender and the Medicalization of Healthcare Susan E. Bell and Anne E. Figert Part II The Social Patterning of Health by Gender 107 123 7. Changing Gendered Patterns of Morbidity and Mortality Chloe E. Bird, Martha E. Lang and Patricia P. Rieker 125 8. Repro