Treating lesbians and bisexual women
Subtitle: challenges and strategies for health professionals
By: Elisabeth Paige Gruskin.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Lesbians -- Health and hygiene; Lesbians -- Medical care; Bisexual women -- Health and hygiene; Bisexual women -- Medical care; Medical personnel
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.

"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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-178) and indexes.