Who Cares? Inst Barriers to Health Care for Lesbian, Gay & Bi / Edition 1

by Michele J Eliason, Eliason

Overview

The health care professions take pride in the philosophy that all pers ons receive equal treatment. Yet prejudice, fears, and stereotyping ar e so deeply ingrained in our society that discrimination is widespread . Gay, lesbian, and bisexual persons are often harassed, mistreated, o r misunderstood in our health care systems. This book explores how pre judices have become institutionalized, and offers viable solutions for real change. Essential for educators, students, nurses, health care p rofessionals, community activistsall those interested in combating pre judice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780887376764
Publisher:	National League for Nursing Press (N L N Press)
Publication date:	12/01/2007
Series:	National League for Nursing Series (All Nln Titles
Edition description:	1E
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

Eliason, Michele J., PhD, RN (Univ of Iowa)

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Carol Ren Kneisl, MS, RN, CS (Nursing Transitions, Inc.)
Description: This soft-cover book consists of 10 chapters exclusively devoted to combating prejudice against lesbian, gay, and bisexual persons in healthcare settings.
Purpose: The book has no preface, therefore, the author's purpose — exploration of institutionalized prejudices about gay, lesbian, and bisexual persons and the offering of potential solutions — is implied. The book is needed since the literature in the healthcare area related to this population is relatively scant.
Audience: This book appears to be targeted to nurses and nursing students, although any healthcare worker would find it valuable. The author is credentialed and her research has been focused in this area.
Features: There are tables, but no illustrations. References are current and varied. The detailed table of contents is inadequate in some aspects, as is the index. This makes it difficult to find specific content. The reader would think that depression and domestic violence do not occur among gay men because it is not specifically identified. An excellent feature of this book is the exercise at the end of each chapter that encourages critical thinking.
Assessment: This is an important book for all healthcare workers. It clearly and logically, and in measured tones, explores the fears, stereotyping, and prejudice this population contends with in healthcare environments. There are some content omissions, such as domestic violence among lesbians and sexual dysfunction among gay men. The chapter on healthcare provider attitudes barely mentions gay, lesbian, or bisexual healthcare providers. This area should be covered in greater depth and included in the detailed table of contents and the index. I highly recommend this book for purchase by individuals; it should definitely be in libraries.

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4 Stars! from Doody

This soft-cover book consists of 10 chapters exclusively devoted to combating prejudice against lesbian, gay, and bisexual persons in healthcare settings. The book has no preface, therefore, the author's purpose -- exploration of institutionalized prejudices about gay, lesbian, and bisexual persons and the offering of potential solutions -- is implied. The book is needed since the literature in the healthcare area related to this population is relatively scant. This book appears to be targeted to nurses and nursing students, although any healthcare worker would find it valuable. The author is credentialed and her research has been focused in this area. There are tables, but no illustrations. References are current and varied. The detailed table of contents is inadequate in some aspects, as is the index. This makes it difficult to find specific content. The reader would think that depression and domestic violence do not occur among gay men because it is not specifically identified. An excellent feature of this book is the exercise at the end of each chapter that encourages critical thinking. This is an important book for all healthcare workers. It clearly and logically, and in measured tones, explores the fears, stereotyping, and prejudice this population contends with in healthcare environments. There are some content omissions, such as domestic violence among lesbians and sexual dysfunction among gay men. The chapter on healthcare provider attitudes barely mentions gay, lesbian, or bisexual healthcare providers. This area should be covered in greater depth and included in the detailed table of contents and the index. I highly recommend this book for purchase by individuals;it should definitely be in libraries.

Carol Ren Kneisl