Is the Lack of Specific Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) Health Care Education in Medical School a Cause for Concern? Evidence From a Survey of Knowledge and Practice Among UK Medical Students

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 367-381

  Parameshwaran, Vishnu ^a   Cockbain, Beatrice C ^a   Hillyard, Miriam ^a   Price, Jonathan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bisexual; gay; health care; lesbian; LGBT; LGBTQ; medical education; queer; questioning; trans; transgender

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL MINORITY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL MINORITIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84980016985     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2016.1190218     Document Type: Article

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