Pink and blue :: gender, culture, and the health of children /

"In modern pediatric practice, gender matters. From the pink-and-blue-striped receiving blankets used to swaddle newborns, to the development of sex-specific nutrition plans based on societal expectations of the stature of children, a gendered culture permeates pediatrics and children's he...

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Weitere Verfasser: Conis, Elena (HerausgeberIn), Eder, Sandra (HerausgeberIn), Medeiros, Aimee Lynn, 1972- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2021]
Schriftenreihe:Critical issues in health and medicine.
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Zusammenfassung:"In modern pediatric practice, gender matters. From the pink-and-blue-striped receiving blankets used to swaddle newborns, to the development of sex-specific nutrition plans based on societal expectations of the stature of children, a gendered culture permeates pediatrics and children's health throughout the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. This book provides a look at how gender has served as one of the frameworks for pediatric care in the U.S. since the specialty's inception. Pink and Blue deploys gender-often in concert with class and race-as the central critical lens for understanding the function of pediatrics as a cultural and social project in modern U.S. history. This volume seeks to understand the dialectical relationship between gender and the medical care of children by combining a historical perspective on gender and pediatrics with analyses of current debates and controversies in pediatric practice such as pediatric transgender medicine, HPV, neonatal intensive care, and more"--
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 224 pages).
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781978809857
1978809859
9781978809871
1978809875

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