The same but different: Clinician-patient communication with gay and lesbian patients

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-122

  Bonvicini, Kathleen A ^a   Perlin, Michael J ^b  

^a Institute for Health Care Communication Inc   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinician patient communication; Family; Gay; Healthcare; Lesbian

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDLINE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0142250819     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(02)00189-1     Document Type: Article

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