Heterosexism in Health and Social Care

JULIE FISH is Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow in Social Work at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. She worked for twenty years in a variety of social care contexts before becoming an academic and has been involved in a range of LGB health and social care community projects. She has published several articles and was awarded the theory prize by the British Psychological Society, Psychology of Women Section Review for her work on lesbian health.

List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements PART I: UNDERSTANDING HETEROSEXISM IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE What is Heterosexism? Assessing the Health and Social Care Needs of Lesbians, Gay Men and Bisexuals Intersecting Identities: Recognising the Heterogeneity of LGBT Communities Conducting Research Among LGB Communities What are the Demographic Characteristics of the LGB Population? PART II: EXEMPLARS OF HETEROSEXISM FROM RESEARCH Disclosure and Non-Disclosure: Lesbians' Strategies of Accommodation and Resistance in their Interactions with Health Professionals Screened Out: Lesbians' Experiences of Cervical Screening Risky Bodies? Lesbians and Breast Cancer New Directions in Equality Agendas: Opportunities and Threats Appendices References Index