Perceived health and gender
Section: TEACHING TO LEARN
Authors
1Josep Alemany Marí, 2Vicente Gea Caballero
Position
1Enfermero del Servicio de Urgencias Ajuntament d´Alcasser.2Enfermero del Hospital Aniversario Dr. Peset Aleixandre, Valencia.
Contact email: vicentegea@ono.com
Abstract
Recent studies all confirm that pathological conditions are not only different from men to women but also the process of getting sick is different from one gender to the other and so is the way in which men and women perceive their disease. This vision of the pathology would be based entirely based on the gender (biologicism).
This paper will attempt to introduce the perspective of gender, as it accepts other point of view apart from the biological point of view (inherent to a medicalised healthcare system, which is currently part of the socio-sanitary context, that we live in). Let´s then assume that that the male or female gender conditions morbidity in individuals and the way in which these individuals perceive their health and morbidity. Our interest lies with the search of related information, so that it can be presented and analysed to attempt to confirm the initial hypothesis.
This paper will attempt to introduce the perspective of gender, as it accepts other point of view apart from the biological point of view (inherent to a medicalised healthcare system, which is currently part of the socio-sanitary context, that we live in). Let´s then assume that that the male or female gender conditions morbidity in individuals and the way in which these individuals perceive their health and morbidity. Our interest lies with the search of related information, so that it can be presented and analysed to attempt to confirm the initial hypothesis.
Keywords:
gender; sex; healthperceived health
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