An Interdisciplinary Approach to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Clinical Competence, Professional Training, and Ethical Care

Introduction to the Special Issue

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3663993
AutoresMarkus P Bidell (0000-0003-2437-1087, Department of Educational Foundations and Counseling Programs, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, New York, USA, autor de correspondencia), Lara M Stepleman (0000-0002-3371-7089, Augusta University)
Año2017
Volumen64
Número10
Páginas1305-1329
Fecha de publicación2017-08-24
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2017.1321360
PMID28463093
OpenAlexW2611332101
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas68

There are exigent reasons to foster lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) competence, training, and ethical care for health professionals within an interdisciplinary paradigm. LGBT individuals experience serious health and psychosocial disparities; moreover, these inequalities can be amplified when other aspects of diversity such as race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, disability, and socioeconomic status intersect with sexual orientation and gender identity (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2011). While the origins of LGBT health and psychosocial disparities are manifold, deficiencies in professional training, ethical care, and clinical competence are underlying contributors (IOM, 2011). In addition, LGBT clinical competency advancements are often siloed within the various health care disciplines-thus advances by one group of health professionals often have limited impact for those practicing in different health and human service fields. This special issue explores LGBT clinical competence, professional training, and ethical care within an interdisciplinary context and, to our knowledge, represents the first attempt to address LGBT clinical competence from a multidisciplinary health care perspective

Competence (human resources · Cultural competence · Health care · Health equity · Lesbian · Pedagogy · Political science · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Public health · Sexual orientation · Sociology · Transgender · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology