Psychosocial Safety Is Patient Safety: Gender-affirming Care as an Exemplar for Health Equity
By integrating psychosocial safety into the broader patient safety framework, health care systems can create more equitable and compassionate environments that promote the well-being of all patients. There is no patient safety without psychosocial safety, and there is no psychosocial safety without equity.
Authors
- Falisha Kanji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0163-2782)
- J Anger
- Hanna J. Barton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0457-1153)
- Alan J. Card (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2266-5954)
- Victor Trasvina
- Tara N. Cohen
Institutions
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- San Diego State University (US)
- UC San Diego Health System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Patient Safety
- Published
- 2026-02-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pts.0000000000001478
- Primary Topic
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00