Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues in dental school environments: Dental student leaders' perceptions

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-118

  Anderson, Joan I ^a   Patterson, April N ^b   Temple, Henry J ^b   Inglehart, Marita Rohr ^b,c  

^a University of Michigan ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Dental education; Dentistry; Homosexuality; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BISEXUALITY; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LESBIAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE; BISEXUALITY; CANADA; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FACULTY, DENTAL; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PREJUDICE; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61449172910     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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