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Health Care Disparities and the LGBT Population
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2014
Summary
This co-edited volume addresses a population of people whose lack of health care access, mistreatment in health care settings, and refusal of health care services are often omitted from discussions about health care disparities and insurance reform. The perspectives and needs of LGBT people should be routinely considered in public health efforts to improve the overall health of every person and eliminate health disparities.
Previous research suggests that LGBT people experience worse health outcomes than their heterosexual counterparts. Differences in sexual behavior account for some of these disparities, but others are associated with social and structural inequities. Low rates of health insurance coverage, high rates of stress due to systematic harassment, stigma, and discrimination, and a lack of cultural competency in the health care system frequently manifest in negative health-related behaviors.
The lack of data collection on sexual orientation and identity in state and federal health care surveys leads to inadequate information about LGBT populations and impedes the establishment of health programs and public policies that benefit them. This volume’s research will increase people’s understanding of the social and structural inequalities that LGBT populations experience. With its diverse perspectives, this book will not only benefit LGBT people, but will also more broadly improve the lives of entire communities, medical care, and prevention programs and services. Improvements to our country’s health care system should go beyond providing universal insurance and should ensure equitable health care for all.
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Copyright year
2014
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-8702-9
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-8703-6
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
240
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Foreword: Gary L. Kreps No access
Foreword: Allan D. Peterkin No access
Part I. CONSTRUCTING IDENTITY BY COMING OUT TO YOUR PHYSICIAN No access Pages 1 - 2
Chapter 1. An Introduction to the Loosely Knit Patchwork of LGBT Health Care No access Pages 3 - 8
Chapter 2. The Importance of Sexual Orientation Disclosure to Physicians for Women Who Have Sex with Women No access Pages 9 - 26
Chapter 3. Coming Out Conversations and Gay/Bisexual Men’s Sexual Health No access Pages 27 - 54
Chapter 4. Shaping Self with the Doctor: The Construction of Identity for Trans Patients No access Pages 55 - 86
Chapter 5. Health Insurance Coverage for Same-Sex Couples: Disparities and Trends under DOMA No access Pages 87 - 106
Chapter 6. Carving Triangles into Squares: The Effects of LGBTQ-Stigma-Related Stressors during Youth, Adulthood, and Aging No access Pages 107 - 122
Chapter 7. Reproductive Physicians’ Treatment of Lesbian Patients in Germany and the United States No access Pages 123 - 142
Chapter 8. Limiting Transgender Health: Administrative Violence and Microaggressions in Health Care Systems No access Pages 143 - 166
Chapter 9. Women’s Health, Health Care Service Utilization, and Experience of Intimate Partner Violence in the United States No access Pages 167 - 188
Chapter 10. Political Activism as a Heath-Giving Activity: Transforming Silence into Language and Action No access Pages 189 - 202
