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Research from University of Bern, Institute of Psychology broadens understanding of gender and health

Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 20th, 2010

Research findings, 'Research on ageing, health and gender: A long and winding road. Reply to Mansdotter's 'Further thoughts on gender and lifetime health',' are discussed in a new report. "This contribution is a reply to Dr. Mansdotter's comments on our discussion paper 'Health and well-being in old age: the pertinence of a gender mainstreaming approach in research' published in Gerontology [Gerontology 2010 (in press)]," investigators in Switzerland report.

"Even though the comments are interesting and comprehensible, they cannot be left unanswered, this primarily because they are based on weak empirical evidence. (1) It is broadly uncontested that gender is not...

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