Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans health inequalities : international perspectives in social work / edited by Julie Fish and Kate Karban.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This ground-breaking book examines inequalities experienced by LGBT people and considers the role of social work in addressing them.

The book is organised in three parts: the first provides a policy context in four countries, the second examines social work practice in tackling health inequalities, and part three considers research and pedagogic developments. The book's distinctive approach includes international contributions, practice vignettes and key theoretical perspectives in health inequalities, including social determinants of health, minority stress, ecological approaches and human rights.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans health inequalities is relevant to social work educators, practitioners and students, alongside an interdisciplinary audience interested in LGBT health inequalities.

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

This informative international volume on how social work can address LGBT health inequities and promote positive social care outcomes, an emerging discipline within the field, balances micro and macro level points of view and successfully straddles human rights and social justice perspectives. Orienting readers to the processes of marginalization of this oppressed and vulnerable population, the production of inequality, and the construction of risk, the book serves as a theoretical, practical guide to what social workers can and should do. Well organized and written, the book offers a comprehensive glossary and great summary sections on current knowledge at the end of each chapter, explains what the chapter adds, and points out its relevance for social work and LGBT health inequities. Other strengths include the book's depth of coverage on practical interventions and best practices, especially with older LGBT people, and a particularly strong chapter on pedagogy by Susan Saltzburg. Social work has a major role to play in addressing and redressing these health inequalities; this text does a service to the profession by giving it a place to begin. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. --Julie Cooper Altman, California State University, Monterey Bay