LGBTQ+ Patients

Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO with Dr. Alexis Drutchas and Dallas Ducar, NP, FAAN

Caring for LGBTQ+ Patients

June 2025

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Drutchas A, Lawton AJ.

How do I honor you? On caring for LGBTQ+ patients and families as an LGBTQ+ clinician.

Ann Intern Med 2023;176:1428-1429

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Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ+ Issues: Metropolitan Community Churches

hrc.org/resources/stances-of-faiths-on-lgbt-issues-metropolitan-community-churches

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LGBTQIA+ Aging Project

fenwayhealth.org/the-fenway-institute/lgbtqia-aging-project

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How to take care of trans patients in hospice

statnews.com/2023/08/22/trans-hospice-care-end-of-life

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Sexual and Gender Minorities/LGBTQ+ Issues in Radiation Oncology (American Society for Radiation Oncology)

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Sexual Health After Cancer Treatments (The Mayo Clinic)

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Educating Future Clinicians

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The Role of Spirituality

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Specific End of Life Concerns in the Transgender Community

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About Dr. Abrahm

Janet Abrahm, MD is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is among the founders of Palliative Care in the United States and the author of four comprehensive books on supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer. Dr. Abrahm is a former practicing oncologist who created the Palliative Care Service at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute over 20 years’ ago. She is an award-winning clinician and educator and continues to practice palliative care at Dana Farber.

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Dr. Abrahm's Book

Dr. Abrahm is the author of four comprehensive editions  on supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer, the first published in 2000 and the latest in 2022.

Her extensive work offers oncologists and other oncology and palliative care clinicians a place to turn to find the most up-to-date evidence-based practices, resources, and practical advice on how to care for patients across the full range of issues they will experience during their illness.

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