Sex, Intimacy and Living with Life-Shortening Conditions

Herausgeber: Blackburn, Maddie; Earle, Sarah

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This multi-disciplinary and inclusive collection brings together theoretically informed and empirically focused research on sex, intimacy and reproduction in relation to young people and adults with life-shortening conditions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9781032243962
• ISBN-10: 1032243961
• Artikelnr.: 69031823

Autorenporträt

Sarah Earle is Professor of Medical Sociology at The Open University, UK. She is a medical sociologist with internationally recognised expertise in the sociology of reproductive and sexual health. Her inclusive research theorises the sexual and reproductive lives of under-researched or marginalised groups, exploring how this lack of agency impacts on everyday life and its meaning. She was a founding member and, later, Chair of The Open University Sexuality Alliance. Maddie Blackburn is a retired lawyer and senior health professional, and a Visiting Fellow at The Open University, UK, where she completed her PhD. Maddie was the founding Chair of The Open University Sexuality Alliance and was previously a Chief Executive at Iain Rennie Hospice at Home and Director of Children's and Young People's Strategy at the Healthcare Commission, now the Care Quality Commission.

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: Policy and regulation: National and international landscapes.
1.A changing population: Young adults with life-limiting or
life-threatening conditions. 2.International policy and governance related
to young adults with life-shortening conditions. 3.The regulation of sexual
expression and joy: Complexities and contradictions. 4.British law, help or
hinderance? Sexuality and disability. 5.A rite of passage? A UK perspective
on transition for young people with life-shortening conditions. Part Two:
Experiences of sex, intimacy and reproduction. 6.Life-long learning about
sex on an uncertain life course. 7.Reasons to shag a cripple.
8.Disruptions, relationships and intimate futures: The unintended
consequences of pandemic control. 9.Near-death issues and the impact on the
sexuality of people with intellectual disabilities during the pandemic.
10.Navigating normativity: Understanding reproductive loss in the lives of
young adults with shortened lives. Part Three: Reflections on researching
sexual and reproductive intimacy. 11.Involving people with life-shortening
conditions in research: Perspectives on co-production. 12.Research and
governance in action: Implementing research on sex, intimacy and
reproduction.