There comes a person at the doctor’s office (“Komt een mens bij de dokter”)

The there comes a person at the doctor’s office toolkit provides practical information for healthcare providers to take into account diversity in sex, gender and sexual orientation.

The toolkit delivers relevant interventions, materials and knowledge sources to healthcare professionals to ensure that the differences between men and women in health are recognised and that these are included in research, prevention, diagnosis and treatment. This improves the quality of healthcare, the quality of life of all sexes and genders, and reduces unnecessary healthcare costs.

All people, with their different gender identifications and sexual orientations should be treated equally. However, sometimes treatment should be different in order to be appropriate. Especially in the doctor’s office, as these differences put some groups at higher risk of certain health problems than others. Therefore the Toolkit “Komt een Mens bij de Dokter” provides health care professionals with a toolkit to be sensitive and respond appropriately to the needs of patients with their own gender, sexual orientation and identification. To know more about Komt een Mens bij de Dokter, please visit: https://detoolkit.komteenmensbijdedokter.nl/