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Optimizing Urologic Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, or Queer/Questioning Older Adults
Paige De Rosa1, Tomas Lindor Griebling2
1Department of Urology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Abstract:
Older adults who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning may have unique health care needs influenced by their sexual or gender identity minority status. This is true at all ages but may be particularly important in later life where disparities in access to care and other needs may be more pronounced. All older adults face issues associated with development of comorbid conditions and basic changes in physiology and functional status associated with the aging process. As a specialty, urology is unique because it focuses on intimate health care issues including voiding and continence, reproductive health, and sexual function.
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