Improving health care for the lesbian and gay communities

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 895-897

  Makadon, Harvey J ^a,b,c  

^a FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LESBIAN; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BISEXUALITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33644602798     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp058259     Document Type: Short Survey

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