Social Work and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans People - Making a Difference

Informationen zum Autor Julie Fish is Reader in Social Work and Health Inequalities at De Montfort University in Leicester where she has facilitated teaching and learning about social work with LGBT people for over a decade. She was commissioned by the Department of Health to produce practice guidance for health and social care professionals Reducing Health Inequalities in LGBT People which has been widely disseminated. She collaborated with Stonewall on Prescription for Change: the largest study in Europe of the health and social care needs of lesbian and bisexual women. She has written several academic articles and is author of Heterosexism in Health and Social Care. Klappentext This important textbook examines how practitioners and student social workers can provide appropriate care for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people across the lifespan (including work with children and families and older people) and considers key challenges in social work practice. Zusammenfassung This important textbook examines how practitioners and student social workers can provide appropriate care for lesbian! gay! bisexual and trans people across the lifespan (including work with children and families and older people) and considers key challenges in social work practice.

Product details

• Authors: Julie Fish, Julie (School of Applied Social Sciences Fish
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2012
• EAN: 9781847428042
• ISBN: 978-1-84742-804-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Policy Press - Social Work in; Social Work in Practice Series; Policy Press - Social Work in; Social Work in Practice
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education