Böcker av Jane M. Ussher

This book provides an overview of research and practice dealing with the specific needs of gay and bisexual men living with prostate cancer, as well as the psychosocial needs of their partners. Featuring both cutting-edge research and powerful portraits, this book is indispensable for health care, oncology, and mental health practitioners.

Takes an approach to the study of the material and discursive practices associated with the construction and regulation of the female body. This work examines the ways in which medicine, science, law, and culture combine to produce fictions about femininity, positioning the reproductive body as the source of women's power, danger and weakness.