Treating Lesbians and Bisexual Women: Challenges and Strategies for Health Professionals

by Elisabeth Paige Gruskin

Overview

Written in a scholarly but accessible style, this book provides an integrated critical analysis of lesbian and bisexual women's health. The book highlights trends and themes, with selected examples of research and personal experience of lesbians and bisexual women and their health care providers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761900443
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	12/02/1998
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
A Special Population with Special Needs
A Population at Risk
Communication
Homophobia and Heterosexism
Identity
Disclosure
Multiple Influences, Accessibility and Isolation
Sexual Health and Domestic Violence
Legal Issues
Parenting
Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

In her current project concerning the health effects of sexual orientation on female members of a large HMO, Gruskin (Health Policy Institute, U. of California, San Francisco; Kaiser Permanente) aims to sensitize health care providers to the special needs of this population at particular risk for hate, domestic, and self-directed violence; stress, mental health, and substance abuse problems; and possibly, cancer. With case vignettes, she illustrates barriers to seeking and obtaining quality health care, and related legal and parenting issues. Appends an annotated bibliography, resources, suggestions for completing forms/interviewing, and methodological considerations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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