Table of Contents

How to use this book
Introduction: Sexuality, health and social care
Sexual orientation and its consequences
A history of ideas about sexuality
culture and religion
Science and sexuality
the medical model and its implications
Social theories
development and debates
Sexual health
Writing sexual orientation into health
Sexuality and the family
Sexuality and public policy
Sexuality and health promotion
Moving towards good practice
Resources
Appendix
References
Index.

About the Author

Tamsin Wilton is Reader in the Sociology of Sex and Sexualities at the University of the West of England, and has been teaching and writing about sexuality and health since 1988. Her recent books include Good for You: a handbook on lesbian health and wellbeing, and Engendering AIDS: deconstructing sex, texts, epidemic. She is presently researching narratives of sexual orientation, and is a member of the policy group set up by the Royal College of Midwives to examine the maternity care of lesbian mothers.