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4113 - Gender, Sexuality, and Medicine (Cosponsored with the Section on the Sociology of Sex and Gender)

Tue, August 13, 8:30 to 10:10am, New York Hilton, Floor: Second Floor, Gibson

Session Submission Type: Paper Session 100min

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This session explores the relationship between sex, gender, and sexual identity in medicine. Papers articulate the centrality of both gender and sexuality in medical interactions, with a focus on medicine as a gendered domain, LGBT health, and women's health. Particular attention is paid to how gender and sexuality shape unequal access to health care.

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