Eliminating LGBTIQQ health disparities: The associated roles of electronic health records and institutional culture

Hastings Center Report

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages S48-S52

  Callahan, Edward J ^a   Hazarian, Shea ^b   Yarborough, Mark ^c   Sánchez, John Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84916882926     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: 1552146X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hast.371     Document Type: Article

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