Gateways to Improving Lesbian Health and Health Care: Opening Doors

By Christy M. Ponticelli

An interdisciplinary book that creates a space for traditionally oppressed voices to speak, Gateways to Improving Lesbian Health and Health Care explores the health care experiences of lesbians of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560231033
• ISBN13: 9781560231035
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 6.3"

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This is an issue of great importance that has not been looked at enough. There are important stories and data that can not be ignored. The Health Care industry has a long way to go before they are responsive to difference of any kind; cultural, racial, sexual preference, gender. Negative experiences with the medical profession can cause people to not seek the screening and preventive care that could save their life. We need to empower people and get the message to the health care professionals.