Understanding men and health : masculinities, identity, and well-being /
"Men's health texts are hard to find - delighted this text addresses issues like access to health services"--Margaret McLoone, Sligo Institute of Technology, Ireland. How do men understand 'health'? What do men consider to be the role of health services in helping them stay...
| Основен автор: | Robertson, Steve. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Maidenhead, England ; New York :
McGraw Hill/Open University Press,
2007.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=234286 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Understanding men and health. |
Съдържание:
- Cover
- Contents
- Introduction
- Purpose and format
- Lay and professional narratives: methodology and method
- Participant vignettes
- Chapter 1: The current context of mens health and the role of masculinities
- Introduction
- Defining the mens health field
- What do we know about men and health?
- Masculinity/masculinities and health
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Conceptualizing health and well-being
- Introduction
- What constitutes 8216;health?
- Issues of risk, responsibility, control and release
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Embodied masculinities and health
- Introduction
- Experiencing the body
- Bodily appearance and image
- Bodies in place and space
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Men, relationships, emotions and health
- Introduction
- Men, intimacy and health
- Wider relationships, men and health
- Implications for mental health
- Summary
- Chapter 5: Men engaging with health care
- Introduction
- The politics of responsibility
- Towards marriage or war? Processes of engagement
- Health work, places and spaces
- Summary
- Chapter 6: Some conclusions
- Introduction
- Masculinity and conceptualizing mens health
- Bodies and relationships in mens health
- Responsibility and accessing health services
- Final thoughts
- References
- Index.