Caring for Lesbian and Gay People: A Clinical Guide

by Allan D. Peterkin, Cathy Risdon

Overview

Allan D. Peterkin and Cathy Risdon present the first medical guide to offer busy clinicians practical, accessible, and evidence-based information to help in the care of gay and lesbian patients.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802083791
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	06/27/2003
Series:	Heritage
Edition description:	5th ed.
Pages:	378
Product dimensions:	6.05(w) x 9.02(h) x 1.05(d)

About the Author

Allan D. Peterkin is a professor of psychiatry and family medicine at the University of Toronto, where he heads the Program in Health, Arts and Humanities.


Cathy Risdon is a professor and chair in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University.

Table of Contents

1. Why a Clinical Guide on Lesbian and Gay Health?
2. Improving the Doctor-Patient / Provider/Client Relationship
3. Lesbians' Physical and Sexual Health
4. Gay Men's Physical and Sexual Health
5. Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Adolescent Physical and Mental Health
6. Diagnosing and Treating Sexually Transmitted Diseases
7. HIV Issues
8. The Mental Health of Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals
9. Substance Abuse
10. The Body
11. Relationships
12. Special Populations
13. Professional and Training Issues
14. Legal Issues

Appendix A: Factors that May Indicate and Increase in Risk for Specific Diseases
Appendix B: Sample Legal ContractsReferences
Index

Editorial Reviews

'With this clinical guide, psychiatrist Allan Peterkin and family physician Cathy Risdon have made an outstanding contribution to the global literature on gay and lesbian health... It would be an advantage to our communities if this book were a mandatory read for medical trainees and adopted as a staple resource by Canadian physicians in their daily clinical work'

Canadian Medical Association Journal

With this clinical guide, psychiatrist Allan Peterkin and family physician Cathy Risdon have made an outstanding contribution to the global literature on gay and lesbian health... It would be an advantage to our communities if this book were a mandatory read for medical trainees and adopted as a staple resource by Canadian physicians in their daily clinical work'

From the Publisher