Synopses & Reviews
Review
"Essentially, the book offers a critical review of psychological work in the burgeoning field of men's health. It invites health psychologists to consider alternative theories and methods so that knowledge in this area can be developed is a timely attempt to incorporate feminist social constructionist thinking into health psychology and thus broaden the scope of the discipline." - Brendan Gough
About the Author
Christina Lee is Professor and Director of the Research Centre for Gender and Health at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She manages the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health and has published extensively on health and gender.
Glynn Owens is Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. His published research encompasses a wide range of health-related areas including sports psychology, cancer, terminal care, radiology, dermatology and eating disorders, as well as work on research methodology and ethics.
Table of Contents
Series editors' foreword
Preface
Gender and men's health
Health behaviours and health service use
Emotional expression
Risk taking, violence and criminality
Sexuality and men's health
Men and their bodies
Men and work
Men and family
Men and ageing
The psychology of men's health
a gendered perspective
References
Index.