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The Health of Sexual Minorities: Public Health Perspectives on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Populations
Ilan H. Meyer (Ed.)
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Description for The Health of Sexual Minorities: Public Health Perspectives on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Populations
Hardcover. This is the first concise handbook on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) health in the past few years. It is an advanced-level text accessible to a broad audience that breaks the myths, breaks the silence, and breaks new ground on this subject. Editor(s): Meyer, Ilan H. (Columbia University); Northridge, Mary E. (Columbia University). Num Pages: 731 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ5; JFSK; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 48. Weight in Grams: 3600.
This is the first concise handbook on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) health in the past few years. It breaks the myths, breaks the silence, and breaks new ground on this subject. This resource offers a multidimensional picture of LGBT health across clinical and social disciplines to give readers a full and nuanced understanding of these diverse populations. It contains real-world matters of definition and self-definition, meticulous analyses of stressor and health outcomes, a extensive coverage of research methodology concerns, and critical insights into the sociopolitical context of LGBT individuals' health and lives.
This is the first concise handbook on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) health in the past few years. It breaks the myths, breaks the silence, and breaks new ground on this subject. This resource offers a multidimensional picture of LGBT health across clinical and social disciplines to give readers a full and nuanced understanding of these diverse populations. It contains real-world matters of definition and self-definition, meticulous analyses of stressor and health outcomes, a extensive coverage of research methodology concerns, and critical insights into the sociopolitical context of LGBT individuals' health and lives.
Product Details
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
731
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387288710
SKU
V9780387288710
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99-15
Reviews for The Health of Sexual Minorities: Public Health Perspectives on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Populations
From the reviews: The official `identification' of homosexuality as a disorder led to shame and fear for many men and women and their families. ... The book is particularly good at questioning stale ideologies about growing up gay and challenging assumptions about how people manage their identities at ... Read more