Simple Things a Practitioner Can Do to create a more welcoming atmosphere (for diverse populations) Sign: This office appreciates the diversity of all women and men and does not discriminate based on race, age, religion, ability, marital status, sexuality, gender or perceived gender. Change Forms: Add partner/domestic partner/significant other to marital status areas. Use of Language: Refer to partner, not husband/wife. Do not assume all women need birth control devices. Know the location of mammographic and other equipment for differently-abled women. Provide different size chairs for larger women/men. (from a handout at the 2001 First National Lesbian Health Conference) CA Supreme Court Rules on Religiously Biased Healthcare Feminist Wire, August 2008 Remember we are NOT Doctors and have NO medical training. This site is like an Encylopedia - there are many pages, many links on many topics. Support our work with any size DONATION - see left side of any page - for how to donate. You can help raise awareness of CAM.