Sex and gender in biomedicine : : theories, methodologies, results / / Ineke Klinge, Claudia Wiesemann, editors.

• TeilnehmendeR: Wiesemann, Claudia,; Klinge, Ineke,
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen : : Universitätsverlag Göttingen,, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (125 pages)

Sex and gender in biomedicine are innovative research concepts of theoretical and clinical medicine that enable a better understanding of health and disease, evidence-based knowledge, effective therapies, and better health outcomes for women and men. Gender Medicine stimulates new ways of doing research: that is to consider sex and gender at all levels of research, from basic research into gene polymorphisms to health behaviour. New research questions have been put forward that focus not on differences per se but on the development of differences. In this book, contributions from the field of neuroscience, addiction research, and organ transplantation exemplify concepts, approaches, methods and results in the field.

Table of Contents

Sex and gender in biomedicine: promises for women and men / Ineke Klinge -- Gender issues in living organ donation: medical, social, and ethical aspects / Silke Schicktanz, Mark Schweda & Sabine Wöhlke -- Sex, gender, and the brain -- biological determinism versus socio-cultural constructivism / Sigrid Schmitz -- The brain between sex and gender -- women and men from a neuroscientific perspective / Kirsten Jordan -- Sex and gender in addiction research and therapy / Verena Metz & Gabriele Fischer.