Gender Matters: Aging Men's Health

In this introduction to the Generations issue "Older Men's Health," the author underscores the need to understand the unique healthcare, social care, and health promotion needs of midlife and older men because too few professionals in geriatrics and gerontology have paid attention to...

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Published inGenerations (San Francisco, Calif.) Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 5 - 8
Main Author Thompson, Jr, Edward
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published San Francisco American Society on Aging 01.04.2008
Subjects
Aging
Anti smoking movements
Behavior
Cigar smoking
Cigarette smoking
Health
Life expectancy
Males
Masculinity
Masculinity and Health
Men
Mens health
Older adults
Older people
Physicians
Sex
Sex linked differences
Smoking
Women
Womens health
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Summary:In this introduction to the Generations issue "Older Men's Health," the author underscores the need to understand the unique healthcare, social care, and health promotion needs of midlife and older men because too few professionals in geriatrics and gerontology have paid attention to old men as men or sought to understand their worlds from a perspective that appreciates how much gender matters to aging and the meaning of later life, adding that the inattention has left many trajectories uncharted and established few guidelines on how to best assess and manage the practical implications for health as men age.
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