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Smearing the Queer - Medical Bias in the Health Care of Gay Men (Paperback)
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Smearing the Queer - Medical Bias in the Health Care of Gay Men (Paperback)
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Discover how gay men 's health care can be improved Smearing the
Queer: Medical Bias in the Health Care of Gay Men explores how
social prejudices embedded in scientific research and practice
often act as a detriment to gay men 's health. This book provides
an agenda for addressing heterosexism in the health sciences and in
medical care while broadening approaches to gay male wellness
beyond the limited scope of HIV infection. This groundbreaking book
explore a number of neglected concerns affecting the sexual health
of gay men, calling for the recognition of their scientific,
political, and cultural significance. In Smearing the Queer, gay
men, HIV prevention workers, health care providers, mental health
professionals, policymakers, researchers, and instructors in
related fields will appreciate the in-depth examination of such
issues as: research and development on rectal microbicides why many
gay men should be receiving periodic anal Pap smears to screen for
anorectal cancer an in-depth critique of the problematic diagnosis
of "Gay Bowel Syndrome" gay men 's use of the Reality Female Condom
for anal sex Viagara 's impact on gay men 's sexual cultures,
erectile dysfunction, and recreational drug use a broad-based
advocacy agenda for improving relations between gay men and the
health sciences the politics surrounding gay men 's restricted
access to new and prospective safer sex technologies Smearing the
Queer challenges heterosexist bias within the health care delivery
and health sciences research and calls for the development of
public policy initiatives that address gay men 's wellness in more
sophisticated and complex ways. This is the only publication that
provides in-depth social, cultural, and political analysis of the
topics of Gay Bowel Syndrome, gay men 's use of the female condom,
rectal microbicides, and anal Pap smears while examining the social
forces that direct scientific research under the guise of
objectivity.
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