LGBTQ+ Health

Thank you for choosing McLaren Health Care. We are dedicated to providing you with the highest quality patient care along with excellent, compassionate customer service. Our goal is to make your stay as comfortable as possible. We are committed to making a positive difference in in the health of our communities and we want you to know the rights you have as a patient early in your care. These rights include, among others, respectful and considerate treatment, involvement in making decisions about your care, privacy of your health information, and designating the individuals who can visit you or be involved in your care. The objective is to provide high quality care to all patients regardless of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or marital status. Read more about McLaren’s non-discrimination policy https://www.mclaren.org/main/non-discrimination-laws

McLaren Health Care wants to be your partner in your hospital care. We believe the more you know and the more you participate and talk with your doctors and health care team, the more effective and satisfactory your hospital experience will be. Read more about your rights and responsibilities as a patient: https://www.mclaren.org/main/patients-rights-and-responsibilities

McLaren Health Care’s Visitor Policy seeks to promote and support a patient –centered and family-centered approach to care and recognizes the importance of involvement of family and significant others in the patient care processes while also maintaining a safe and secure environment. Patients have the right to receive visitors whom they designated, including, but not limited to, a spouse, a domestic partner (including a same-sex domestic partner), another family member, or a friend. Patients also have the right to withdraw or deny such consent at any time. McLaren Health Care will not restrict, limit, or deny visitation privileges based on race, skin color, age, national origin, ancestry, nationality, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

Patients have the right and option to enter their sexual orientation, assigned sex at birth, and current gender identity into their medical record. Patients have the right to be addressed and referred to on the basis of their self-identified gender, using their pronouns and preferred name, regardless of the patient’s appearance, surgical history, legal name, or sex assigned at birth.

Resources for Patients

McLaren Health Care supports patients in designating a surrogate decision maker, inclusive of a same-sex partner, in case the patient is incapable of understanding a proposed treatment or procedure or is unable to communicate his or her wishes regarding care.

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