<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Gender inequalities in health may result from differences in health care utilisation. This paper reports, using an interactionist approach, health-related beliefs of men and women treated for cancer in childhood and living with increased health risks ever since. We observed that normative masculine traits are sometimes used to legitimise a reluctance to undergo medical surveillance. Overall, men tended to express a passive attitude towards ill-health, resulting in a gendered health vulnerability.</p></abstract>

Gender inequalities in health may result from differences in health care utilisation. This paper reports, using an interactionist approach, health-related beliefs of men and women treated for cancer in childhood and living with increased health risks ever since. We observed that normative masculine traits are sometimes used to legitimise a reluctance to undergo medical surveillance. Overall, men tended to express a passive attitude towards ill-health, resulting in a gendered health vulnerability.

Gender Inequalities in Health Over the Life Course. Attitudes Towards III-Health in Men and Women Treated for Childhood Cancer

Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), INSERM U1018

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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Gender inequalities in health may result from differences in health care utilisation. This paper reports, using an interactionist approach, health-related...

Gender Inequalities in Health Over the Life Course. Attitudes Towards III-Health in Men and Women Treated for Childhood Cancer

Published Online: Jul 28, 2018

Page range: 281 - 300

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2018-0013

Keywords
health care use, gender, inequalities, risk, interviews

© 2018 Agnes Dumas, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Gender Inequalities in Health Over the Life Course. Attitudes Towards III-Health in Men and Women Treated for Childhood Cancer

Published Online: Jul 28, 2018

Page range: 281 - 300

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2018-0013

Keywordshealth care use, gender, inequalities, risk, interviews

© 2018 Agnes Dumas, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
health care use, gender, inequalities, risk, interviews