
handle: 10550/2094
This study analyses the effects on health of the asymmetry of power relations between the sexes and, specifically, how life conditions have a bearing on personal well-being. Subjective discomfort usually manifests it self by means of symptoms. Epidemiological studies show a higher physical and mental morbidity in women. A critica1 review of previous studies highlights the connections between symptoms and gender role and shows the existence of bias in the theoretical models and clinical practices. The implementation of health policies,which take into account this bias - which consists in extrapolating the results obtained in exclusively male samples to the design of diagnostic methods, treatment and prevention for the general population - will help to highlight differences in morbidity and will facilitate the consideration of the social positions and roles of the sexes in order not to medicalize women's bodies.
Este trabajo pretende analizar los efectos que las relaciones asimétricas de poder entre los sexos producen en la salud y, concretamente, el modo en que inciden en el bienestar o malestar personal las condiciones de vida. Los malestares subjetivos se manifiestan frecuentemente a través de síntomas. Estudios epidemiológicos constatan una mayor morbilidad, fisica y mental, en las mujeres. Una revisión crítica de trabajos precedentes evidencia la relación entre síntomas y roles de género y manifiesta los sesgos de modelos teóricos y prácticas clínicas. Implementar políticas de salud que consideren la parcialidad de extrapolar métodos de diagnóstico, tratamiento y prevención desarrollados exclusivamente con sujetos varones contribuir6 a visibilizar la morbilidad diferencial y facilitará tomar en consideración las posiciones y papeles sociales de cada sexo a fin de no medicalizar el cuerpo de las mujeres.
Martinez Benlloch, M.Isabel - Isabel.Martinez-Benlloch@uv.es
síntomas., :PSICOLOGÍA::Otras especialidades psicológicas [UNESCO], symptoms., Gender, :PSICOLOGÍA [UNESCO], Salud, Mujeres, UNESCO::PSICOLOGÍA, gendec health, mujeres, Health, salud, mujeres; género; salud; síntomas., Symptoms, Women; gendec health; symptoms., Género, Women, Síntomas, género, UNESCO::PSICOLOGÍA::Otras especialidades psicológicas
síntomas., :PSICOLOGÍA::Otras especialidades psicológicas [UNESCO], symptoms., Gender, :PSICOLOGÍA [UNESCO], Salud, Mujeres, UNESCO::PSICOLOGÍA, gendec health, mujeres, Health, salud, mujeres; género; salud; síntomas., Symptoms, Women; gendec health; symptoms., Género, Women, Síntomas, género, UNESCO::PSICOLOGÍA::Otras especialidades psicológicas
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