Men's perceived health needs

Richard Fletcher, Nick Higginbotham and Annette Dobson

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin 12(12) 327 - 329
Published: 2001

Abstract

Different influences have guided the evolution of ‘men’s health’ and ‘women’s health’ as political issues. Social discourse about women’s health has been grounded in women’s public dissatisfaction with existing health care services. In contrast, claims for attention to men’s health are made on the basis of epidemiological evidence of inequality, particularly in mortality rates.

Full text doi:10.1071/NB01109

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