The Health of Sexual Minorities

Download or read book The Health of Sexual Minorities written by Ilan H. Meyer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-03-12 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first concise handbook on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) health in the past few years. It breaks the myths, breaks the silence, and breaks new ground on this subject. This resource offers a multidimensional picture of LGBT health across clinical and social disciplines to give readers a full and nuanced understanding of these diverse populations. It contains real-world matters of definition and self-definition, meticulous analyses of stressor and health outcomes, a extensive coverage of research methodology concerns, and critical insights into the sociopolitical context of LGBT individuals’ health and lives.