Sexual and Gender Minority Identity Disclosure during Undergraduate Medical Education: "in the Closet" in Medical School

Academic Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 634-644

  Mansh, Matthew ^a   White, William ^a   Gee Tong, Lea ^a   Lunn, Mitchell R ^a,b   Obedin Maliver, Juno ^a,b,c   Stewart, Leslie ^a,d   Goldsmith, Elizabeth ^a,e   Brenman, Stephanie ^a,f   Tran, Eric ^a,g   Wells, Maggie ^a   Fetterman, David ^a,h,i,j,k,l   Garcia, Gabriel ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Arkansas Evaluation Center   (United States)

ⁱ Charleston University   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF   (United States)

^k SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l Fetterman and Assoc   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINORITY GROUP; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CANADA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEXISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84936142595     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000657     Document Type: Conference Paper

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