Background: Scientific studies often point towards poor treatment directed at people who include themselves as LGBTQ+ in their contact with healthcare. Patients are treated based on heteronormative views that reproduces gender as binary and stereotypical, where understanding of alternative gender affiliations and sexuality is limited. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate healthcare counsellors experiences of a welcoming, respectful and professional treatment in the contact with healthcare for LGBTQ+ individuals. Method: Empirical material has been collected through six semi-structured interviews with healthcare counsellors. Results: The results indicate challenges for healthcare professionals regarding the perceived heteronormative views that characterizes the healthcare system. Healthcare counsellors describe a great importance in their efforts to create an inclusive approach in the meeting with the patients, but that there are general shortcomings in healthcare that could derive from the lack of knowledge about LGBTQ+ needs and lack of norm-critical openness.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:su-225957 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Persberg, Björn |
| Publisher | Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | Björn Persberg |
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