Zagadnienia medyczne dotyczące osób ze środowiska LGB
Medical issues concerning LGB patients
Author(s): Agnieszka JaśkowiakSubject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology, History of Psychology, Clinical psychology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Stowarzyszenia Naukowego Psychologia i Seksuologia LGBT
Keywords: LGB; homosexuality; epidemiology; health; HIV; syphilis; anal cancer; breast cancer; psychiatric disorders
Summary/Abstract: Nowadays there are still many hardships that a LGB person encounters when entering a therapeutic relation with a medical doctor. Not only has medical personnel little awareness of LGB patients' specific needs and diseases that occur more frequently in this population, but also they are likely to use stereotypes and behave in ways that can be called homophobic. The purpose of this review is to familiarize the reader with diseases whose frequency is associated with non-heterosexual orientation, especially sexually transmitted diseases, tumors and psychiatric disorders, as well as to present the current attitude of medical personnel to LGB patients.
Journal: Psychoseksuologia
- Issue Year: 1/2015
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 3-8
- Page Count: 6
- Language: Polish