Silent voices and invisible walls: Exploring end of life care with lesbians and gay men

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-64

  Smolinski, Kathryn M ^a   Colón, Yvette ^b  

^a Association of Oncology Social Work   (United States)

^b American Pain Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical intervention; Disenfranchised grief; End of life; Gay men; Lesbians

Indexed keywords

ANUS CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LESBIAN; LIVING WILL; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; ONCOLOGY; OUTPATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RITUAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; STEREOTYPY; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; FEMALE; GRIEF; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL WORK; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33746609358     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J077v24n01_05     Document Type: Conference Paper

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