Health and Gender Resilience and Vulnerability Factors For Women
This book presents a concise and comprehensive overview of the most important protective and risk factors for women's health, and reviews the main areas of medical science from a gender perspective. Numerous scientific experiments and studies have shown h
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Health and Gender
Ilaria Tarricone • Anita Riecher-Rössler Editors
Health and Gender Resilience and Vulnerability Factors For Women's Health in the Contemporary Society
Editors Ilaria Tarricone Bologna Transcultural Psychosomatic Team (BoTPT), Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna Bologna Italy
Anita Riecher-Rössler Center for Gender Research and Early Detection University of Basel Psychiatric Hospital Basel Switzerland
ISBN 978-3-030-15037-2 ISBN 978-3-030-15038-9 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15038-9 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
We accepted with enthusiasm the possibility to present this book, which was written by a multidisciplinary team and is intended not only for colleagues but also for students of medicine and other healthcare professions, with the aim of providing an updated overview of health issues dealing with sex and gender issues at all stages of life. There is scientific evidence that gender and sex, having different and complementary meanings, are substantial variables, which strongly affect clinical presentation of disease and response to treatment. This book starts with a few chapters aimed at making the point on these issues and their practical implications and also contains a section dedicated to the organization of social and health services, taking into account specifics related to sex and gender differences and questions dealing with achievement of gender equality in science. Equality, not a “neutral” model, is based on a full appreciation of the differences, given that it is a strong approximation to consider the world populated
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