Foreword Pasqualina Perrig-Chiello Certain books are eagerly
anticipated and long overdue. „Gender, health, and ageing“ is such
a book. Its topic is relevant in many different ways. The de- graphic
and societal changes of the past decades, such as longevity and -
provement of public health, have definitely created new and often very
distinct realities for men and women. However, these diversities have
only marginally and fragmentally been the topic of research
endeavours. There is, for example, a general growing awareness for the
societal phenomenon of „feminization of old age“, yet the topic
and its psychosocial and health-related consequences haven’t
attracted the scientific interest they would have deserved. It is
noteworthy, that still until a few decades ago, the majority of
geriatric and gerontological studies were oriented towards male
standards without considering gender effects. Even though subsequent
studies increasingly began to focus on differences between women and
men, they referred mainly to the biological sex of a person and not to
their gender belonging. Due to these scientific neglects and
limitations, the state of the art in the field of gender, health and
ageing is sketchy and often enough contradictory (Perrig-Chiello &
Höpflinger, 2004).
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ISBN
9783531903552
Publisert
2020
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Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok