Clinician's Guide to LGBTQIA+ Care: Cultural Safety and Social Justice in Primary, Sexual, and Reproductive Healthcare

This book provides a framework for delivering culturally safe clinical care to LGBTQIA+ populations, focusing on the social context of oppression and offering examples, case studies, and guidelines for treating patients. It emphasizes patient-centered care, addresses health disparities, and incorporates safe and culturally appropriate language.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 250 pages
Publication date: 28 February 2021
Publisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc

This unique resource offers a comprehensive framework for delivering culturally safe clinical care to LGBTQIA+ populations, with a focus on addressing institutional oppression. It recognizes the social context in which we live, where historical processes of oppression continue to manifest as injustices in the health care setting and beyond. Encompassing the experiences of a diverse group of expert health care practitioners, the book provides abundant examples, case studies, recommendations, and the most up-to-date guidelines available for treating LGBTQIA+ patient populations.

Rich in clinical scenarios that describe best practices for safely treating patients, the 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. The book 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 are presented, including 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 that incorporates 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 that illustrate best practices for delivering culturally safe clinical care.

By utilizing this resource, health providers can strive for health equity and surmount institutional oppression when treating marginalized populations, ensuring that LGBTQIA+ individuals receive the high-quality, compassionate care they deserve.

Weight: 346g
Dimension: 151 x 228 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780826169150