Gender Inequalities in Health

doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1087

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Annette MacKay Rossignol, professor of public health.

Oregon State University, USA

Eds Ellen Annandale, Kate Hunt

Open University Press, £15.99, pp 192

ISBN 0 335 20364 7

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Gender differences in the opportunity to enjoy good health are related to the biological differences between men and women. Gender inequalities, on the other hand, are related to power and have an ethical component that biology does not. In understanding gender inequalities in health, it is helpful to ask the following questions: Who has power to access the healthcare system and the social, political, and economic arrangements that determine health status? Who has little power? Who is not willing to share …