Department of Philosophy, History, and Politics, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada.
Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Can J Anaesth. 2023 Jun;70(6):950-962. doi: 10.1007/s12630-023-02449-8. Epub 2023 May 22.
Queer theory is a disruptive lens that can be adopted by researchers, educators, clinicians, and administrators to effect transformative social change. It offers opportunities for anesthesiologists, critical care physicians, and medical practitioners to more broadly understand what it means to think queerly and how queering anesthesiology and critical care medicine spaces improves workplace culture and patient outcomes. This article grapples with the cis-heteronormative medical gaze and queer people's apprehensions of violence in medical settings to offer new ways of thinking about structural changes needed in medicine, medical language, and the dehumanizing application of medical modes of care. Using a series of clinical vignettes, this article outlines the historical context underlying queer peoples' distrust of medicine, a primer in queer theory, and an understanding of how to begin to "queer" medical spaces using this critical framework.
酷儿理论是一种具有颠覆性的视角，研究人员、教育工作者、临床医生和管理人员可以采用这种视角来实现变革性的社会变革。它为麻醉师、重症监护医师和医疗从业者提供了更广泛地理解“酷儿地思考”意味着什么的机会，以及使麻醉学和重症监护医学领域变得“酷儿化”如何改善工作场所文化和患者预后。本文探讨了顺性别异性恋医学视角和酷儿人群对医疗环境中暴力的恐惧，为思考医学、医学语言以及医疗护理模式的非人性化应用中所需的结构性变革提供了新的思路。本文通过一系列临床案例，概述了酷儿人群对医学不信任的历史背景、酷儿理论简介，以及如何使用这一关键框架开始使医疗空间变得“酷儿化”。
