Medical records should accurately identify LGBTQ Canadians: advocates
Correcting health-care providers who typically assume he’s heterosexual gets tiring for Jeremy Long, who wants his queer identity to be acknowledged and counted in electronic health records.
“People aren’t always asking questions that lead to more understanding. They’re just labelling and so to have to correct that, it feels exhausting,” Long said.patients should be asked appropriate questions instead of sometimes facing judgment and feeling unsafe when they access care. “Lesbian, gay, bisexual or queer people do have unique health needs and at times also experience higher rates of physical and mental health issues,” Kwag said.
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