Hysterical Bodies: A socio-legal and feminist policy analysis of gender bias in the treatment of cardiovascular disease in the US, UK, and Canada
(2022) MRSM15 20221Human Rights Studies
- Abstract
- This thesis is an exploration of gender bias in the treatment of chronic illnesses by analysing the relationship between gender, feminism, and ableism in regard to power relations within a human rights healthcare-focused framework. Through a combination of feminist theory and critical disability theory, this thesis aims to answer how gendered cycles of inequality are perpetuated within healthcare systems specifically in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Together with the theoretical framework, a socio-legal method and feminist policy analysis are utilized to answer the research questions and analyze healthcare laws and policies from the US, UK, and Canada. This thesis demonstrates how gendered cycles of inequality are perpetuated... (More)
- This thesis is an exploration of gender bias in the treatment of chronic illnesses by analysing the relationship between gender, feminism, and ableism in regard to power relations within a human rights healthcare-focused framework. Through a combination of feminist theory and critical disability theory, this thesis aims to answer how gendered cycles of inequality are perpetuated within healthcare systems specifically in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Together with the theoretical framework, a socio-legal method and feminist policy analysis are utilized to answer the research questions and analyze healthcare laws and policies from the US, UK, and Canada. This thesis demonstrates how gendered cycles of inequality are perpetuated within healthcare systems by focusing on three intertwined and cyclical aspects: medical research, healthcare inequities, and healthcare accessibility. Additionally, this thesis determines that gender bias is a systemic and structural problem as gender bias is embedded in healthcare, as a result, women are more likely to be dismissed, ignored, misdiagnosed, and receive inappropriate, delayed medical care. (Less)
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- author
- Fonteyne, Lena LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MRSM15 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Gender Bias, Cardiovascular Disease, Feminism, Ableism, Power, Hysteria, Human Rights, United States, United Kingdom, Canada
- language
- English
- id
- 9093406
- date added to LUP
- 2022-09-05 12:34:25
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- 2022-09-05 12:34:25
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abstract = {{This thesis is an exploration of gender bias in the treatment of chronic illnesses by analysing the relationship between gender, feminism, and ableism in regard to power relations within a human rights healthcare-focused framework. Through a combination of feminist theory and critical disability theory, this thesis aims to answer how gendered cycles of inequality are perpetuated within healthcare systems specifically in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Together with the theoretical framework, a socio-legal method and feminist policy analysis are utilized to answer the research questions and analyze healthcare laws and policies from the US, UK, and Canada. This thesis demonstrates how gendered cycles of inequality are perpetuated within healthcare systems by focusing on three intertwined and cyclical aspects: medical research, healthcare inequities, and healthcare accessibility. Additionally, this thesis determines that gender bias is a systemic and structural problem as gender bias is embedded in healthcare, as a result, women are more likely to be dismissed, ignored, misdiagnosed, and receive inappropriate, delayed medical care.}},
author = {{Fonteyne, Lena}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Hysterical Bodies: A socio-legal and feminist policy analysis of gender bias in the treatment of cardiovascular disease in the US, UK, and Canada}},
year = {{2022}},
}