Bodies and Barriers by Adrian Shanker

Bodies and Barriers

Queer Activists on Health

Adrian Shanker

LGBT people pervasively experience health disparities, yet many are still grappling to understand the health care challenges leaving LGBT people to experience worsened health outcomes. Bodies and Barriers informs health care professionals, students in health professions, policymakers, and fellow activists about these challenges, providing insights and a road map for action that could improve queer health. Through artfully articulated, data-informed essays by twenty-six well-known and emerging queer activists, Bodies and Barriers illuminates the ubiquitous health challenges LGBT people experience and challenges conventional wisdom about health care delivery. It probes deeply into the roots of these disparities and empowers activists with crucial information to fight for health equity through clinical, behavioral, and policy changes. The activist contributors in Bodies and Barriers look for tangible improvements, drawing lessons from the history of HIV/AIDS in America and from struggles against health care bias and discrimination.

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Details

ISBN 9781629637846
Genre Health
Publication Date Mar-20
Publisher PM Press
No. of Pages 240
LoC Classification PS627.M42 .B63 2008
Language English
Rating NotRated
Subject Health & Fitness / Health Care Issues; Social Science / LGBT Studies / General
BookID 15357

Author: LFWBooks