Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Care We Dream Of: Liberatory and Transformative Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health by Zena Sharman

5 reviews

gatorskulls's review

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Medical trauma

lwilde's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

This book is a collection of essays, interviews, and other writings discussing our current healthcare system, and what an idealized healthcare system could look like for queer, POC, disabled, fat, and other marginalized people. It covers topics from birth to death, and while it can be deeply depressing about the current system in place, it sows the seeds of hope and inspiration for what could be with work, dismantling the current system, and investment of community. I must-read for anyone seeking to enter, currently in, or adjacent to healthcare and like work.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Death

This can be a heavy read, that discusses many heavy and sometimes depressing/disturbing topics. While these topics can be difficult to interact with, it's important to acknowledge them as a part of our collective history as queer people, and healthcare as a whole.

solenodon's review

challenging hopeful reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death

caseythereader's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexism, Transphobia, Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Colonisation, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual violence, and Suicide

courtneyfalling's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

So good and so necessary. This really spans experiences and topics within LGBTQ+ health and combines theory with examples and personal stories. It gave me a lot to keep thinking about and I'm 100% sure I'll return to some of the essays as I need. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

Moderate: Racism, Transphobia, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Grief

Minor: Suicide, Police brutality, Outing, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Forced institutionalization