RT Book, Section
A1 Simone, Mark
A1 Eskildsen,, Manuel
A2 Williams, Brie A.
A2 Chang, Anna
A2 Ahalt, Cyrus
A2 Chen, Helen
A2 Conant, Rebecca
A2 Landefeld, C. Seth
A2 Ritchie, Christine
A2 Yukawa, Michi
SR Print(0)
ID 1100070390
T1 Meeting the Unique Needs of LGBT Older Adults
T2 Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Geriatrics, 2e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179208-0
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1100070390
RD 2023/03/24
AB Older  adults  who  are  lesbian,  gay,  bisexual,  or  transgender  (LGBT)  are  a  vulnerable  group  with  specific  health  care  needs  that  are  largely  unrecognized.  Health  care  professionals  and  society  in  general  too  often  fail  to  address  the  sexuality,  and  sexual  orientation,  of  older  adults.  However,  LGBT  older  adults  are  also  much  more  likely  than  other  generations  of  LGBT  adults  to  hide  their  sexual  orientation,  as  a  result  of  a  lifetime  of  experiencing  discrimination  from  a  society  that  has  only  recently  evolved  to  become  more  accepting  of  homosexuality.