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Sexual Orientation: A Cultural Diversity Issue For Nursing, Tr Misener, Rl Sowell, Kenneth D. Phillips, C.M. Harris

Kenneth D. Phillips

Traditional approaches to cultural diversity and the development of a culturally aware workforce have consistently ignored the importance of gender role orientation and sexual orientation as sources of potential conflict in the work environment. To maintain its integrity as a caring profession, nursing must take steps to end personal and professional discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.