Seal Press, 3131 Western Ave., Ste. 410, Seattle, Washington 98121. 397p., bibliog., index. ISBN 1-878067-31-1. $18.95.
Jocelyn White, Marissa C. Martinez. 1997.
The first part covers a bit of the history of the lesbian health movement and points out the ever present homophobia that is everywhere in the health care system. The second part, "Through Health and Illness," covers the effect of gender and class on lesbian access to health care, a surgeon's perspective of breast surgery, handling your tumor with knowledge and humor, chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome, notes concerning shame and desire, multiple sclerosis, AIDS, and lesbian denial and lesbian leadership in the AIDS epidemic. The next section, "Life's Cycle," covers with child, choosing children, aging, and death. "Living True" looks at several issues, including psychic scars, supersize women, black lesbians, and battering. The section provides the hope for the future in 4 chapters, "Lesbian Health Research," "Finding Health Information," "The Future of Our Health," and "Blueprint for the Future."
This is an excellent book that is intended to be a wake-up call for all lesbians who need to stand up and demand better health care and for support groups who need to lobby congress and bring to the attention of everyone that lesbian health care is just as important as health care to the aged. This is a recommended book for all libraries and should be a personal book for every lesbian who feels that her health care has been neglected by the heterosexual society that we live in.
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