Product Code: 330160
Clinician's Guide to LGBTQIA+ Care: Cultural Safety and Social Justice in Primary, Sexual, and Reproductive Healthcare
Rich in clinical scenarios that describe best practices for safely treating patients, this text features varied healthcare frameworks encompassing patient-centered and community-centered care that considers the intersecting and ongoing processes of oppression that impact LGBTQIA+ people every day--particularly people of color. This text helps health providers incorporate safe and culturally appropriate language into their care, understand the roots and impact of stigma, address issues of health disparities, and recognize and avoid racial or LGBTQIA+ microaggressions. Specific approaches to care include chapters on sexual health care, perinatal care, and information about pregnancy and postpartum care for transgender and gender-expansive people.
Key Features:
- Emphasizes patient-centered care incorporating an understanding of patient histories, safety needs, and power imbalances
- Provides tools for clinician self-reflection to understand and alleviate implicit bias
- Fosters culturally safe language and communication skills
- Presents abundant patient scenarios including specific dos and don'ts in patient treatment
- Includes concrete objectives, conclusions, terminology, and references in each chapter and discussion questions to promote critical thought
- Offers charts and information boxes to illuminate key information
ISBN #: 9780826169211
Authors: R. Mukerjee, L. Wesp, R. Singer, D. Menkin
