Creating a Vision for the Future: Key Competencies and Strategies for Culturally Competent Practice With Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Older Adults in the Health and Human Services

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 57, Issue 2-4, 2014, Pages 80-107

  Fredriksen Goldsen, Karen I ^a   Hoy Ellis, Charles P ^a   Goldsen, Jayn ^a   Emlet, Charles A ^b   Hooyman, Nancy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

bisexual; cultural competency training; diversity; educational standards; gay; lesbian; LGBT; minority aging; transgender

Indexed keywords

AGED; BISEXUALITY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; LESBIANISM; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARDS; TRANSGENDER; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BISEXUALITY; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL WORK; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900469365     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2014.890690     Document Type: Article

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