Gender and the Social Construction of Illness

Judith Lorber is Professor Emerita of Sociology and Women's Studies at the Graduate School and Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY). Lisa Jean Moore is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at the Graduate School and the College of Staten Island, CUNY.

• Chapter 1: Gender and the Social Construction of Illness: OverviewChapter 2: Women Get Sicker, but Men Die Quicker: Social EpidemiologyChapter 3: Hierarchies in Health Care: Patients, Professionals, and GenderChapter 4: Gender and Disability: Contradictions and Status DilemmasChapter 5: If a Situation is Defined as Real: Premenstrual Syndrome and MenopauseChapter 6: Genital Surgeries: Gendering BodiesChapter 7: A Modern Plague: Gender and AidsChapter 8: Healing Social Bodies in Social Worlds: Feminist Healthcare