Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈#Heteronormativity in #healthcare is #harmful for #LGBTQ+ #patients – and a source of #tension for #queer and #trans #doctors
Even among medical providers who practice some form of #culturalcompetency – an #awareness of and #respect for differences across #cultures – and are accepting of #LGBTQ+ #patients, unconscious #biases can shape how they #understand and #talk to and about #LGBTQ+ #patients and #issues.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Healthcare
https://theconversation.com/heteronormativity-in-health-care-is-harmful-for-lgbtq-patients-and-a-source-of-tension-for-queer-and-trans-doctors-200503
Heteronormativity in health care is harmful for LGBTQ+ patients – and a source of tension for queer and trans doctors
Though some LGBTQ+ health care providers may try to separate their personal and professional identities, the prejudice they experience highlights their queerness in the clinic.