Health care disparities and the LGBT population / edited by Vickie L. Harvey and Teresa Heinz Housel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harvey, Vickie L., 1956- editor.

Housel, Teresa Heinz, 1972- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay people--Medical care--United States.

Gay people.

Bisexual people--Medical care--United States.

Bisexual people.

Trans people--Medical care--United States.

Trans people.

Health services accessibility--United States.

Health services accessibility.

Transgender people.

Medical care.

Gays--Medical care.

United States.

Discrimination in medical care--United States.

Discrimination in medical care.

Healthcare Disparities.

Bisexuality.

Health Services Accessibility.

Health Services for Transgender Persons.

Homosexuality.

Medical Subjects:

Healthcare Disparities.

Bisexuality.

Health Services Accessibility.

Health Services for Transgender Persons.

Homosexuality.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]

Summary:

Health Care Disparities and the LGBT Population addresses a people whose lack of health care access, including mistreatment and refusal of services, is often omitted from discussions about health care and insurance reform. Research suggests that LGBT people experience worse health outcomes than their heterosexual counterparts. Low rates of health insurance coverage; high rates of stress due to systematic harassment, stigma, and discrimination; and lack of cultural competency in the health care system frequently manifest in negative health-related behaviors. The dearth of data collection on sexual orientation and identity in state and federal health care surveys has led to inadequate information about LGBT populations and impeded the establishment of health programs and public policies that benefit them. With its diverse perspectives, this book will not only benefit LGBT people but will more broadly improve the lives of entire communities, medical care, and prevention programs and services. This research provides a better understanding of the social and structural inequalities that LGBT populations experience. Improvements to our country's health care system should go beyond just providing universal insurance and should ensure equitable health care for all. Book jacket.

Contents:

pt. 1. Constructing identity by coming out to your physician. An introduction to the loosely knit patchwork of LGBT health care / Teresa Heinz Housel and Vickie L. Harvey

The importance of sexual orientation disclosure to physicians for women who have sex with women / Karina Willes and Mike Allen

Coming out conversations and gay/bisexual men's sexual health: a constitutive model study / Jimmie Manning

Shaping self with the doctor: the construction of identity for trans patients / Katy Ross, Juliann C. Scholl, and Gina Castle Bell

pt. 2. Access, disparities, and harassment under the guise of policies. Health insurance coverage for same-sex couples: disparities and trends under DOMA / Gilbert Gonzales, Ryan Moltz, and Miriam King

Carving triangles into squares: the effects of LGBTQ-stigma-related stressors during youth, adulthood, and aging / Dawn L. Strongin, Marc J. Silva, and Fredrick Smiley

Reproductive physicians' treatment of lesbian patients in Germany and the United States / Alicia VandeVusse

pt. 3. Silencing, violence, and other forms of intimidation of LGBT people. Limiting transgender health: administrative violence and microaggressions in health care systems / Sonny Nordmarken and Reese Kelly

Women's health, health care service utilization, and experience of intimate partner violence in the United States / Bethany M. Coston

Political activism as a health-giving activity: transforming silence into language and action / Michael Warren Tumolo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-234) and index.

ISBN:

9780739187029

0739187023

9781498536059

1498536050

OCLC:

864504254