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dc.contributor.authorMacLean, Aliceen_UK
dc.contributor.authorHunt, Kateen_UK
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Sarah Men_UK
dc.contributor.authorWyke, Sallyen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-04T00:09:48Z-
dc.date.available2018-04-04T00:09:48Z-
dc.date.issued2017-10en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/26939-
dc.description.abstractMen are often portrayed - in research studies, ‘common-sense’ accounts and popular media - as reluctant users of health services. They are said to avoid going to the GP whenever possible, while women are portrayed, in presumed opposition, as consulting more readily, more frequently and with less serious complaints. Such stereotypes may inadvertently encourage doctors to pay greater heed to men's symptoms in ‘routine’ consultations. Although previous research has challenged this view with evidence, and suggested that links between gender identities and help-seeking are complex and fluid, gender comparative studies remain uncommon, and particularly few studies (either qualitative or quantitative) compare men and women with similar morbidity. We contribute here to gender comparative research on help-seeking by investigating men's and women's accounts of responding to symptoms later diagnosed as lung cancer. A secondary analysis of qualitative interviews with 27 men and 18 women attending Scottish cancer centres revealed striking similarities between men's and women's accounts. Participants were seen as negotiating a complex and delicate balance in constructing their moral integrity as, on the one hand, responsible service users who were conscious of the demands on health care professionals’ time, and as patients who did not take undue risks with their health, in the context of an illness for which people are often held culpable, on the other. In accounting for their responses to symptoms, men and women drew equally on culturally-embedded moral frameworks of stoicism and responsible service use. Regardless of gender, the accounts portrayed participants as stoic in response to illness and responsible service users; and as people seeking explanations for bodily changes and taking appropriate and timely action. Our analysis challenges simplistic, ‘common-sense’ views of gendered help-seeking and highlights that both men and women need support to consult their doctor for investigation of significant or concerning bodily changes.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.relationMacLean A, Hunt K, Smith SM & Wyke S (2017) Does gender matter? An analysis of men's and women's accounts of responding to symptoms of lung cancer. Social Science and Medicine, 191, pp. 134-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.09.015en_UK
dc.rights© 2017 University of Glasgow. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_UK
dc.subjectUnited Kingdomen_UK
dc.subjectHelp-seekingen_UK
dc.subjectGender comparativeen_UK
dc.subjectGender identitiesen_UK
dc.subjectMen and masculinitiesen_UK
dc.subjectConsultingen_UK
dc.subjectLung canceren_UK
dc.subjectQualitativeen_UK
dc.subjectNarrative analysisen_UK
dc.titleDoes gender matter? An analysis of men's and women's accounts of responding to symptoms of lung canceren_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.09.015en_UK
dc.identifier.pmid28917622en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleSocial Science and Medicineen_UK
dc.citation.issn0277-9536en_UK
dc.citation.issn0277-9536en_UK
dc.citation.volume191en_UK
dc.citation.spage134en_UK
dc.citation.epage142en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.citation.date08/09/2017en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Glasgowen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Glasgowen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Aberdeenen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Glasgowen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000413283200017en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-85029353747en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid897094en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-9650-2376en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-5873-3632en_UK
dc.date.accepted2017-09-07en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2017-09-07en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2018-04-03en_UK
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local.rioxx.authorMacLean, Alice|0000-0002-9650-2376en_UK
local.rioxx.authorHunt, Kate|0000-0002-5873-3632en_UK
local.rioxx.authorSmith, Sarah M|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorWyke, Sally|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2018-04-03en_UK
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