Making assumptions, making space: An anthropological critique of cultural competency and its relevance to queer patients

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 578-598

  Baker, Kelly ^a   Beagan, Brenda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Gender identity; Health care; LGBT health; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUALITY; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEXUALITY; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84913543741     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/maq.12129     Document Type: Article

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