Good for You A Handbook on Lesbian Health and Wellbeing

No-nonsense approach to lesbian health issues that takes a wide-ranging look at all aspects of lesbian healthcare. Provides for the groundswell of interest in lesbian health issues internationally with informed writing on topics affecting lesbians today, e.g. cancer, the psychiatric system and mental health, alcohol and drug abuse, HIV/AIDS, artificial insemination and child care, maintaining good relationships, aging, minority stress, dealing with medical professionals.-- Written in lively and accessible style by leading expert in the field with an academic and practitioner background in feminism and health issues-- User-friendly and packed full of invaluable facts, figures and advice on maintaining a healthy lifestyle-- Includes excerpts from first-hand accounts on lesbian service users and providers and experiences of health and healthcare