Open AccessDeaf LGBTQ patients’ disclosure of sexual orientation and gender identity to health care providers.
Author(s) -
Cara A. Miller,
Andrew Biskupiak,
Poorna Kushalnagar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.98
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2329-0390
pISSN - 2329-0382
DOI - 10.1037/sgd0000319
Subject(s) - sexual orientation , transgender , psychology , health care , lesbian , health equity , interpreter , sexual minority , queer , sexual identity , american sign language , homosexuality , social psychology , clinical psychology , sign language , human sexuality , sociology , gender studies , political science , computer science , psychoanalysis , law , programming language , linguistics , philosophy
Even with accessible communication, deaf patients who self-identify as LGBTQ might or might not feel comfortable disclosing their sexual orientation/gender identity to a health care provider based on social stigma concerns and previous negative experiences with healthcare providers. The current study examined whether deaf LGBTQ individuals' patient centered communication and level of comfort in sharing health information in the presence of an interpreter contributed to coming out to providers.