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Author Gruskin, Elisabeth Paige.

Title Treating lesbians and bisexual women : challenges and strategies for health professionals / Elisabeth Paige Gruskin
Published Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, [1998]
©1998

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 WATERFT HEALTH  362.1086643 Gru/Tla  AVAILABLE
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Description xvi, 191 pages ; 24 cm
Contents 1. A Population at Risk -- 2. Communication -- 3. Homophobia and Heterosexism -- 4. Identity -- 5. Disclosure -- 6. Multiple Influences, Accessibility, and Isolation -- 7. Sexual Health and Domestic Violence -- 8. Legal Issues -- 9. Parenting
Summary Written from a public health perspective, this book integrates material from a wide array of disciplines, including medicine, nursing, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and epidemiology and is an ideal book for advanced students in those fields. In addition, scholars in the fields of social work, public health, and women's health will find it useful. Health care providers, researchers, advocates, and policy makers will also find Treating Lesbians and Bisexual Women a valuable resource
Treating Lesbians and Bisexual Women provides an integrated critical analysis of lesbian and bisexual women's health issues. Written in a scholarly yet accessible style, this book applies multidisciplinary research along with personal interviews and cases to answer questions that many lesbian and bisexual women ask: What have we learned about our health? What are our health risks? How can we best protect ourselves? Can we trust medical confidentiality? And how can we progress with better health care and communication? Highlighting trends and themes in the women's health care field, this book explores sociocultural influences on the health of lesbians and bisexuals and analyzes current voids, contemporary problems, and future directions for their health care
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-178) and indexes
Subject Bisexual women -- Health and hygiene.
Bisexual women -- Medical care.
Lesbians -- Health and hygiene.
Lesbians -- Medical care.
Medical personnel.
LC no. 98025343
ISBN 0761900446 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0761900454 (paperback: acid-free paper)