The LGBT Cancer Treatment DilemmaPosted: 07/11/2012 2:16 pm
by Liz Margolies, L.C.S.W.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liz-margolies-lcsw/the-lgbt-cancer-treatment-dilemma_b_1658539.htmlEveryone dreads hearing, "You have cancer."...Most people think they will immediately set out on the road that leads to the "best" team of health-care providers, oncologists, surgeons, etc. We'll call that the right road. However, if you are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, you don't take that first step so fast. What if the "best" surgeon is transphobic or refuses to honor your relationship with your partner?
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The
National LGBT Cancer Network... [is] developing a database of providers who are both highly skilled and culturally competent.
Now, we need your input. We want the database to include the collective wisdom of all the LGBT survivors who bravely traveled these roads before. Write to us at
staff@cancer-network.org, and tell us about an LGBT cancer support group in your area, the great hospital where you work, or an incredible doctor, nurse, P.A., or social worker who treated you. ...Together we can make the journey easier for those who follow.
