Living Well: The Gay Man's Essential Health Guide [Paperback]

M.D., Peter Shalit (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Alyson Books; 1st edition (November 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555834442
• ISBN-13: 978-1555834449
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,502,884 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Should be on every gay man's bookshelf!, November 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Living Well: The Gay Man's Essential Health Guide (Paperback)

Living Well does an excellent job of covering nearly everything imaginable related to gay health. From HIV to STDs to piercings to drugs Peter explains the facts (including recent new findings), his experience and those of his patients. Everything is presented in a very open, and objective way. He's amazingly non-judgmental but not afraid to speak out against the establishment (i.e. health insurance and the pharmaceutical companies) in a few areas.

I think it's rare that someone with so much real world experience in gay male healthcare takes the time to share his vast knowledge with the rest of the world. It's even better that he's done so in such a friendly, open, easy-to-read manner. This book is a must have for gay men!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this book if you care about yourself, July 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Living Well: The Gay Man's Essential Health Guide (Paperback)

Very good, thorough, non-technical book, written in a conversational style that's easy to understand yet explains everything carefully without condescending to the reader. This book is much more up-to-date than many others of its type because it addresses the current fads (oops, newly popular lifestyles) of tattoos, piercing, and other types of body modification and has a frank and unbiased discussion of various sexual practices and a good unhysterical overview of the various drugs popular in the gay community. This is the book that "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask" (ugh! what an offensive piece of garbage even in its revised edition!) should have been.