NPR: lgbt health https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=365706892 lgbt health en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 27 May 2025 19:47:26 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: lgbt health https://www.npr.org/tags/365706892/lgbt-health 1st AIDS Ward '5B' Fought To Give Patients Compassionate Care, Dignified Deaths A new documentary tells the story of America's first inpatient unit dedicated to the care of people with AIDS. Nurse Cliff Morrison helped create 5B in 1983, and worked on it with Dr. Paul Volberding. Wed, 26 Jun 2019 14:21:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/26/736060834/1st-aids-ward-5b-fought-to-give-patients-compassionate-care-dignified-deaths https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/26/736060834/1st-aids-ward-5b-fought-to-give-patients-compassionate-care-dignified-deaths

A new documentary tells the story of America's first inpatient unit dedicated to the care of people with AIDS. Nurse Cliff Morrison helped create 5B in 1983, and worked on it with Dr. Paul Volberding.

]]> Terry Gross Medical Students Push For More LGBT Health Training To Address Disparities One in 5 LGBT adults has avoided medical care for fear of discrimination, according to a recent survey, and 80 percent of physicians surveyed say they feel "not competent" to treat LGBT patients. Sun, 20 Jan 2019 08:02:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/01/20/683216767/medical-students-push-for-more-lgbt-health-training-to-address-disparities https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/01/20/683216767/medical-students-push-for-more-lgbt-health-training-to-address-disparities

One in 5 LGBT adults has avoided medical care for fear of discrimination, according to a recent survey, and 80 percent of physicians surveyed say they feel "not competent" to treat LGBT patients.

]]> Rachel D. Cohen In The Hospital, There's No Such Thing As A Lesbian Knee People in the LGBT community often have a hard time getting appropriate health care. But the problems aren't unique to them. Doesn't everyone want to have a doctor call them by their preferred name? Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:06:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/11/21/365469968/in-the-hospital-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-lesbian-knee https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/11/21/365469968/in-the-hospital-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-lesbian-knee

People in the LGBT community often have a hard time getting appropriate health care. But the problems aren't unique to them. Doesn't everyone want to have a doctor call them by their preferred name?

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