Comparing medical, dental, and nursing students’ preparedness to address lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer health

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2018, Pages

  Chen, Kevin D ^e   Wu, Andy ^f   Yehia, Baligh R ^g   Greene, Madelyne Z ^a   France, Katherine ^b   Kreider, Edward F ^c   Wolfe Roubatis, Emily ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; COMFORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL STUDENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSING STUDENT; PERCEPTION; TRANSGENDER; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES; STUDENTS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85053682575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204104     Document Type: Article

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