Ending LGBT invisibility in health care: the first step in ensuring equitable care

Ending LGBT invisibility in health care: the first step in ensuring equitable care

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals experience health care disparities that will be eliminated only if clinicians elicit information about sexual orientation and gender identity from their patients through thoughtful, nonjudgmental discussion and history-taking.

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Veröffentlicht in:Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine 2011-04, Vol.78 (4), p.220-224
1. Verfasser: Makadon, Harvey J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bisexuality
Female
Healthcare Disparities - ethics
Homosexuality
Humans
Male
Physician-Patient Relations
Sexual Behavior - psychology
Transsexualism
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Zusammenfassung:Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals experience health care disparities that will be eliminated only if clinicians elicit information about sexual orientation and gender identity from their patients through thoughtful, nonjudgmental discussion and history-taking.
ISSN:0891-1150
1939-2869
DOI:10.3949/ccjm.78gr.10006