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GAY people are facing “significant barriers” to end-of-life care due to discrimination and fear of prejudice, a leading charity revealed yesterday.
Research from terminal illness support charity Marie Curie found that some LGBT people still hold “not unwarranted” fears of being singled out by healthcare workers.
In one of the case studies highlighted by the Hiding Who I Am report, a doctor refused to treat a lesbian patient without a chaperone.
With more people dying each year and many spending their final days in institutions, researchers argue that wider access to palliative care could offer a more humane and cost-effective alternative, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
GEOFF BOTTOMS, who has worked in a palliative care hospice for 11 years, argues the postcode lottery for proper end-of-life care must be ended to give the terminally ill choice and agency