Emergency Department Query for Patient-Centered Approaches to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Author(s) -
Adil H. Haider,
Eric B. Schneider,
Lisa M. Kodadek,
Rachel Adler,
Anju Ranjit,
Maya Torain,
Ryan Shields,
Claire Snyder,
Jeremiah D. Schuur,
Laura Vail,
Danielle German,
Susan Peterson,
Brandyn Lau
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14
H-Index - 342
eISSN - 2168-6114
pISSN - 2168-6106
DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0906
Subject(s) - sexual orientation , medicine , emergency department , health care , qualitative research , lesbian , family medicine , data collection , documentation , nursing , psychology , social psychology , psychoanalysis , economics , economic growth , social science , statistics , mathematics , sociology , computer science , programming language
The Institute of Medicine and The Joint Commission recommend routine documentation of patients' sexual orientation in health care settings. Currently, very few health care systems collect these data since patient preferences and health care professionals' support regarding collection of data about patient sexual orientation are unknown.
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