Smearing the Queer: Medical Bias in the Health Care of Gay Men (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies)
Editorial Reviews
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"Challenges the common habit of assuming biomedical science is beyond the influence of social and cultural phenomen. Provocative, instructive, and politicized, this book analyzes gay male sexual health using methods that range from postmodern critique to tawdry limericks . . . Scarce revels in the intellectual perversity of debunking heterosexism in the health sciences." -- Jennifer Terry, Associate Professor of Comparative Studies, The Ohio State University, author, An American Obsession: Science, Medicine and Homosexuality in Modern Society
"Smearing the Queer is just what the doctor ordered -- or should. A work of subtle analysis and great originality, this display of what's antigay in the health sciences manages also to be funny, sexy, moving, and above all, necessary to guide the future of gay men's health. Scarce is a visionary." -- Walter Armstrong, Editor-in-Chief, POZ magazine
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About the Author
Michael Scarce is a doctoral student in medical sociology and Coordinator of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resources at University of California, San Francisco. He is the former Coordinator of Ohio State University's Rape Education and Prevention Program. Serving as a national consultant and lecturer on sexual health, he is also the author of Male on Male Rape: The Hidden Toll of Stigma and Shame. His work has appeared in publications such as the Journal of Homosexuality, Journal of American College Health, POZ magazine and Mediphors: A Literary Journal of the Health Professions.
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Smearing the Queer: Medical Bias in the Health Care of Gay Men (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies),Michael Scarce,Haworth Press,0789004100,Gay Studies,Gay men,Gay/Lesbian Nonfiction,Health Care Delivery,Health Care Issues,Health Services For Special Classes,Heterosexism,Homosexuality,Medical / Nursing,Medical care,Social Science
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