Using interactive theatre to help fertility providers better understand sexual and gender minority patients

Medical Humanities

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 135-141

  Tarasoff, Lesley A ^a,b   Epstein, Rachel ^c   Green, Datejie C ^d   Anderson, Scott ^e   Ross, Lori E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c Sherbourne Health Centre   (Canada)

^d CATIE   (Canada)

^e Canadian Media Guild   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LITERATURE; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; TRANSGENDER;

COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DATA COLLECTION; DRAMA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS;

EID: 84911389860     PISSN: 1468215X     EISSN: 14734265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2014-010516     Document Type: Article

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