Legal and Policy Issues for LGBT Patients with Cancer or at Elevated Risk of Cancer

To understand the major legal and policy issues for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) cancer patients. LGBT health policy research. Major policy issues include discrimination, lack of cultural competency and clinically appropriate care, insurance coverage, family recognition, and sexual...

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Published in:Seminars in oncology nursing 2018-02, Vol.34 (1), p.90-98
Main Author: Cahill, Sean R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
cancer registry
Cultural Competency
data
Data Collection
Decision Making
Family
Family Leave
family recognition
Female
gender identity
Health Policy
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
LGBT
Male
Mass Screening
Neoplasms - epidemiology
Neoplasms - nursing
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Neoplasms - therapy
Nurse-Patient Relations
Nursing
Registries
Risk Factors
Sexual and Gender Minorities
sexual orientation
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:To understand the major legal and policy issues for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) cancer patients. LGBT health policy research. Major policy issues include discrimination, lack of cultural competency and clinically appropriate care, insurance coverage, family recognition, and sexual orientation and gender identity data collection. Nurses play a major role in providing affirming and competent care to LGBT cancer patients. Using correct names and pronouns with transgender patients, and collecting sexual orientation and gender identity data can send an affirming message to LGBT patients, as well as inform decision support and preventive screenings, and improve treatment outcomes.
ISSN:0749-2081
1878-3449
DOI:10.1016/j.soncn.2017.12.006