The editors provide a thought-provoking resource for anyone concerned with sexuality and gender identity in health and social care settings. Drawing on current research and debates, the contributors explore some of the tensions between the different ways in which sexuality is understood and experienced. A focus of the book is on how categories like lesbian , gay , bisexual , and trans shape everyday practice and service use. It looks at the circumstances in which people choose to describe themselves with these identity labels and the situations in which they reject or feel constrained by them. A particular feature of the book is its combination of a nuanced understanding of the nature of sexual identities with practice-relevant and grounded examples taken from health and social care settings, with a Scottish focus. Intended primarily for a practitioner audience and for those studying in the field of health and social care this volume will also interest academics and an international audience because of its distinctive theoretical sophistication about the nature of sexual identities.
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The links to health and social care are clearly made, as are suggestions about developing good practice. Jones and Ward conclude that in order to have a progressive health and social care agenda which embraces difference and inclusivity, there is a need to understand the complexities of sexual and gender identities, challenge hetero-normativity, and highlight areas of inequality. This book goes some way to doing this by raising complex and important issues in a powerful yet encouraging way. It makes a much needed contribution to the debates within health and social care policy and provision about equality and access to services for all. --Ageing & Society
LGBT Issues: Looking Beyond Categories is a little jewel of a book that takes only a couple of hours to read, but can and should change the way practitioners and policymakers think about sex, gender and sexuality. --Journal of Social Work
LGBT Issues: Looking Beyond Categories is a little jewel of a book that takes only a couple of hours to read, but can and should change the way practitioners and policymakers think about sex, gender and sexuality. --Journal of Social Work
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Dr Rebecca L. Jones, Lecturer, Faculty of Health and Social Care, The Open University and Dr Richard Ward, The University of Manchester, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work.
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