Caring for Marginalized Patients in the Perioperative Setting, an Issue of Clinics in Perioperative

In this issue of Clinics in Perioperative Nursing Care, guest editors JD Buchert and Elizabeth Pincus bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Caring for Marginalized Patients in the Perioperative Setting. Top experts address the critical issues of bias, discrimination, and inclusivity in surgical settings, exploring how overlapping vulnerabilities such as race, gender, and disability impact patient care, the ethical and legal considerations in caring for marginalized patients, and the importance of inclusive perioperative care and its impact on surgical outcomes.

• Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics, including importance of inclusive perioperative care: the impact of bias and discrimination on surgical outcomes; addressing implicit bias in the surgical team; barriers to care of LGBTQ+ patients: stigma, discrimination, and medical mistrust; best practices for gender-affirming perioperative care at Boston Children's; and more
• Provides in-depth clinical reviews on caring for marginalized patients in the perioperative setting, offering actionable insights for clinical practice
• Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews