Gendered configurations of diabetes: from rules to exceptions

Broom, Dorothy; Aodhamair, Lenagh-Maguire

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Gendered configurations of diabetes: from rules to exceptions

Date

2010

Authors

Broom, Dorothy

Aodhamair, Lenagh-Maguire

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract

Diabetes type 2 is a growing public health problem worldwide resulting in substantial costs both to the public purse and to individual health and wellbeing. The disease has long been associated with sexual and reproductive health problems, but otherwise,