Practicing identity-centered care with LGBQ patients.
Practicing identity-centered care with LGBQ patients.
A clinician takes an identity-centered approach when getting to know a new patient.
A clinician takes an identity-centered approach when getting to know a new patient.
Things to consider.
Offering your own preferred name, pronouns, and important identities models vulnerability, decreases the power differential inherent in health care relationships, and increases patient safety and trust.
It is critical that clinicians acknowledge the role of structural stigma and discrimination in LGBQ mental health, recognize patient resilience factors, and invite the patient to be an active partner in defining their mental health concerns and treatment goals.
How do you think that proactively sharing your identities could positively impact your patients’ care experience and outcomes?