Welcome back! Here is a piece written by medical
practitioners about the ways in which clinicians can take steps to assess
intimate partner violence in regard to their GLBT patients. The ways in which
they outline clinicians can better address IPV in their GLBT patients is:
1- have
an open discussion about gender identity and sexual orientation
2- when
addressing IPV in GLBT patients, clinicians can serve as an educational
resource
3- providers
need to take care to prepare themselves to be informed and address health risks
associated with IPV within the GLBT community
4- clinicians
should arm themselves with knowledge of the resources available for GLBT
individuals so that they can provide meaningful referrals
5- make
sure that clinical resources and guidelines about IPV include information about
IPV within the GLBT community
Citation: Ard MD, Kevin L. and Harvey J. Makadon, MD. (2011).
Addressing Intimate Partner Violence in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Patients. Journal of General Internal
Medicine, 26(8), 930-933.
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