Gendered Drugs And Medicine: Historical And Socio-Cultural Perspectives (Gender And Well-Being)

Drugs are considered to be healers and harmers, wonder substances and knowledge makers; objects that impact on social hierarchies, health practices and public policies. This book focuses on the ways that gender, race/ethnicity and class, influence the design, standardisation and circulation of drugs throughout several highly medicalised countries. Seventeen authors from eight different countries, both European and non-European, analyse the extent to which the dominant ideas and values surrounding masculinity and femininity shape the research, prescription and use of drugs by women and/or men within particular social and cultural contexts.

• • Author: Professor Teresa Ortiz-Gómez, Dr Maria Jesus Santesmases
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Jun 11, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 260 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1409454045
• • ISBN-13: 9781409454045