Lesbian Disclosure to Health Care Providers and Delay of Care

Journal of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-19

  Van Dam, Mary Ann A ^a,c   Koh, Audrey S ^b   Dibble, Suzanne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay of care; Discrimination; HCP; Lesbian

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038571908     PISSN: 10907173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009534015823     Document Type: Article

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