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Partners of gay and lesbian patients are now assured by Jackson Health System to have the same visiting rights as heterosexuals, according to a new Jackson policy that redefines the terms "family'' and "family member."Good for them. It's too bad that it took death and a lawsuit to make it happen.
Recognized family members now may include people who are not legally related to the patient, including "spouses, domestic partners and both different-sex and same-sex significant others," announced SAVE Dade, one of several gay rights groups that worked for a year with Jackson to redefine the policy.
Gay and lesbian nonbiological parents are also assured of visits when minor children are hospitalized.
Jackson developed the policy after Janice Langbehn accused a Jackson Memorial Hospital worker of not letting her visit her dying partner, Lisa Pond, in 2007.
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