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Document 0553
DOCN M9480553
TI Man-made medicine and women's health: the biopolitics of sex/gender and
race/ethnicity.
DT 9410
AU Krieger N; Fee E; Division of Research, Kaiser Foundation Research
Institute,; Oakland, CA 94611.
SO Int J Health Serv. 1994;24(2):265-83. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/94307820
AB National vital statistics in the United States present data in terms of
race, sex, and age, treated as biological variables. Some races are
clearly of more interest than others: data are usually available for
whites and blacks, and increasingly for Hispanics, but seldom for Native
Americans or Asians and Pacific Islanders. These data indicate that
white men and women generally have the best health and that men and
women, within each racial/ethnic group, have different patterns of
disease. Obviously, the health status of men and women differs for
conditions related to reproduction, but it differs for many
nonreproductive conditions as well. In national health data, patterns of
disease by race and sex are emphasized while social class differences
are ignored. This article discusses how race and sex became such
all-important, self-evident categories in 19th and 20th century
biomedical thought and practice. It examines the consequences of these
categories for knowledge about health and for the provision of health
care. It then presents alternative approaches to understanding the
relationship between race/ethnicity, gender, and health, with reference
to the neglected category of social class.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION &
CONTROL/TRANSMISSION Adult Environmental Exposure/STATISTICS & NUMER
DATA Female Health Policy/*TRENDS Health Status Human Knowledge,
Attitudes, Practice Male Minority Groups/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA
Race Relations Risk Factors Sex Factors Social Class Socioeconomic
Factors Sociology, Medical/*TRENDS United States/EPIDEMIOLOGY
*Women's Health JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW REVIEW, TUTORIAL
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).