Health Care for Lesbians and Gay Men: Confronting Homophobia and Heterosexism

ISBN-13: 9781560230793 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 138 str.

K. Jean Peterson

Opis

Homophobia and heterosexism present barriers to lesbians and gay men seeking health care. Health Care for Lesbians and Gay Men educates practitioners about the special needs of gay and lesbian patients and how to critically look at the impact of homophobia and heterosexism on the provision of care. It provides an overview of critical health care issues for lesbians and gay men and offers concrete suggestions to health practitioners and social workers on how to address these issues in order to guarantee the best care for their patients and clients.

O autorze

K. Jean Peterson, DSW, is Associate Professor at the Universityof Kansas School of Social Welfare in Lawrence, Kansas. Her scholarlyinterests have long been in the area of social work practice inhealth care, with a recent emphasis on social work practice with personswith HIV/AIDS. Dr. Peterson is a consulting editor of SocialWork, Smith College Studies in Social Work, and Journal o f Gay &Lesbian Social Services. She is also a long time member of the Councilon Social Work Education, the National Association of SocialWorkers, and a past member of the Society of Hospital Social WorkDirectors.