Provider beliefs and practices about assessing sexual orientation in two veterans health affairs hospitals

LGBT Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 185-191

  Sherman, Michelle D ^a,b,c   Kauth, Michael R ^b,d,e,f   Shipherd, Jillian C ^e,g,h,j   Street, Richard L ^e,f,i  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

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Author keywords

lesbian gay; patient provider communication; sexual orientation; veterans; Veterans Affairs hospital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969143099     PISSN: 23258292     EISSN: 23258306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2014.0008     Document Type: Article

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