| Description |
xii, 178 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1 The current context of men's health and the role of masculinities -- Defining the men's health field -- What do we know about men and health? -- Masculinity/masculinities and health -- 2 Conceptualizing health and well-being -- What constitutes 'health'? -- Issues of risk, responsibility, control and release -- 3 Embodied masculinities and health -- Experiencing the body -- Bodily appearance and image -- Bodies in place and space -- 4 Men, relationships, emotions and health -- Men, intimacy and health -- Wider relationships, men and health -- Implications for mental health -- 5 Men engaging with health care -- The politics of responsibility -- Towards marriage or war? Processes of engagement -- Health work, places and spaces -- 6 Some conclusions -- Masculinity and conceptualizing men's health -- Bodies and relationships in men's health -- Responsibility and accessing health services -- Final thoughts |
| Summary |
"Using interviews with men and health professionals the book explores the key aspects of men's health and healthcare delivery. Although set within the UK context, it also has wider resonance as it considers how men conceptualize health, how this becomes embodied, the importance of relationships and emotions in men's preventative health practices, and the socially contingent nature of men's engagment with preventive health care services." "Understanding Men and Health will be of particular interest to academics, students and researchers in nursing, health, sociology and gender studies, as well as to pre-registration and post-registration health professionals with an interest in men and health."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [158]-174) and index |
| Subject |
Men -- Health and hygiene -- Great Britain.
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Men -- Health and hygiene -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
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Men -- Health and hygiene -- Great Britain -- Psychological aspects.
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| LC no. |
OCN156890922 |
| ISBN |
0335221572 hardback |
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9780335221578 hardback |
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0335221564 paperback |
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9780335221561 paperback |
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