A Review of Same-Sex Family Medicine
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date published 16/05/2008
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SummarySame-sex couples and families face many additional challenges in the United States, whether it be from cultural views on their lifestyle or any number of legal barriers that interrupt the function of their daily lives. This paper seeks to focus on one particular legal hurdle that homosexual families face, one that often has the most severe consequences on their futures. In the medical world, emergency medical decisions and other health-related choices are often entirely blocked off to homosexual families, putting the family at risk of sacrificing some of their well being. How particularly does this lack of medical law inequality affect same-sex couples with their interaction with the health care system? Below, several points will be discussed that outline particular challenges that have arisen from a lack of legal status surrounding same-sex families.
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- At the heart of medical care in the United States is the privatized health insurance business.
- Even when homosexual individuals are financially able to seek treatment or preventative care, they are still at a disadvantage.
- Manuel Hernandez and Shawn L. Fultz directed some of their research to specific barriers that same-sex couples face in the medical community.
- Same-sex couples and homosexual individuals also face barriers when dealing with their own health care providers in private settings.
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