Is Patients' Sexual Orientation a Blind Spot of Family Physicians

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3663263
AutoresRachel Dahan (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology), Rotem Feldman (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology), Doron Hermoni (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology)
Año2008
Volumen55
Número3
Páginas524-532
Fecha de publicación2008-10-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918360802345321
PMID19042284
OpenAlexW1537435445
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas13

Even though certain health needs of gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) patients are unique and different from those of the heterosexual patient, physicians do not usually ask patients about their sexual orientation. This study investigates family physicians' common practice regarding their patients' sexual orientation. Most of the physicians surveyed knew of less than 0.5% GLB patients in their practice; 44.4% did not know of any GLB patients. Only one physician commonly asked his patients about their sexual orientation; other physicians rarely or never asked. Asking patients about their sexual orientation significantly (P < 0.01) predicted the number of GLB patients known to the physician. Asking about patients' sexual orientation is not a common practice for family physicians, and, thus, they are usually unaware of the GLB patients in their practice

Family medicine · Lesbian · Orientation (vector space · Sexual orientation · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology