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    • Barriers to disclosure and honest communication
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    • Side Effects
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    • Intersectional Resources (LGBTQ + race/ethnicity + low-income)
  • Patient Experiences
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    • Eye Cancer
    • Male Breast Cancer
    • Oral and Anal Cancer
    • Prostate Cancer
    • Synovial Sarcoma
    • Testicular Cancer
    • Thyroid Cancer
  • Resources
    • Cancer Academy – One mInute videos
    • LGBT Cancer Fertility Brochure
    • Gay Men & Prostate Cancer Mental Health & Sexual Recovery
  • Clinical Trial Search

Day: June 11, 2011

Same-sex couples now have the same protections afforded to straight couples for Medicaid long-term care

The Obama administration is set, today, to issue policy guidance to states expanding their ability to offer same-sex couples the same protections afforded to straight couples when they receive long-term care under Medicaid, the Washington Blade has learned exclusively.” According to “the new guidance, dated June 10, states have the option to allow healthy partners […]

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