Cancer and the LGBT community : unique perspectives from risk to survivorship /: unique perspectives from risk to survivorship. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ulrike Boehmer, Ronit Elk, editors.
• Editors: Boehmer, Ulrike, 1959-; Elk, Ronit
• Contents: Forward -- Introduction -- I Understanding and Reducing the Risk for Cancer.- Risk for Cancer in Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Men via Infection.- Understanding and Reducing Risks via Infection in LBT Women.- Addressing Behavioral Cancer Risks from a LGBT Health Equity Perspective.- Smoking in the LGBT Community.- II Screening for Cancer in LGBT populations.- Cancer screening in Lesbian and Bisexual Women and Trans Men.- Cancer screening in Gay and Bisexual Men and Transgender People PART III: Cancer Survivorship.- What are the numbers? Epidemiology of Cancer in the LGBT community.- Breast Cancer in Lesbian and Bisexual Women.- Gay Men and Prostate Cancer: Opportunities To Improve HRQOL and Access To Care.- HIV-Associated Cancers.- Provider-Patient Issues for the LGBT Cancer Patient.- Needs of LGBT Cancer Survivors.- Challenges and Recommended Solutions for Receiving Appropriate End-Of-Life-Care for Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Patients Diagnosed with Cancer with a Life-Limiting Prognosis.- IV Cancer at the Intersection.- Cancer Care needs of Transgender, Transsexual and other Gender Nonconforming Populations.- The Needs of Racial/Ethnic LGBT Individuals across the Cancer Care Continuum.- V Healthcare Policy and LGBT Health.- Policy and its Impact on LGBT Cancer.- Current policy and research on cancer in LGBT communities internationally.- The Challenges Remain: Needed Next Steps in Alleviating the Burden of Cancer in the LGBT Community -- Contributors -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 331 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 616.99/4; Medicine; Cancer -- Epidemiology; Sexual minorities -- Diseases; Neoplasms; Culturally Competent Care; Health Services for Transgender Persons; Homosexuality; Transgender Persons; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer; MEDICAL -- Oncology; Cancer -- Epidemiology; Biomedicine; Biomedicine general; Oncology; General Practice / Family Medicine; Quality of Life Research; Psychology Research; Medical -- Family & General Practice; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Psychology -- Research & Methodology; Oncology; General practice; Social issues & processes; Psychological methodology; Oncology ; Family medicine; Quality of Life -- Research; Psychic research; Medical -- General; Medical research; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319150574
• Related ISBNs: 331915057X; 9783319150567; 3319150561
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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