Gender, the complex of social relations and practices attached to biological sex, is one of the
most important socio-cultural factors influencing health and health-related behavior …

Lively and impressive. I can easily imagine this text being used by both gender and women's
studies undergraduates and postgraduates. In particular it will enable students to get a …

Now going into its seventh edition, Neil Thompson's Anti-Discriminatory Practice has been
providing a trusted introduction to the challenges of promoting social justice and equality for …

This volume of original chapters is designed to bring attention to a neglected area of feminist
scholarship-aging. After several decades of feminist studies we are now well informed of the …

This article outlines feminist gerontology and shows how its focus on power relations lends
insight into the lives of those people disadvantaged by them as well as the people privileged …

This comprehensive text focuses on the social contexts of ageing, looking at the diversity of
ageing and older people, and at different factors that are important to experiences of old age …

This is the first book to integrate theoretical insights into sexuality, sexual health and ageing,
with research findings from studies conducted with older people and the professionals that …

Exploring the sociological aspects of sleep and their links to current health debates, this
unique text discusses why sleep has been so neglected in sociological literature and …

Background Despite the recent policy push to keep older adults in the labour force, we know
almost nothing about the potential health consequences of working longer. Drawing on a life …

Objective Loneliness has a deep impact on quality of life in older people. Findings on sex‐
specific differences on the experience of loneliness remain sparse. This study compared the …