Attitudes of physicians practicing in New Mexico toward gay men and lesbians in the profession.

摘要: PURPOSE: To examine the attitudes of physicians practicing in New Mexico toward gay and lesbian medical students, house officers, physician colleagues. METHOD: In May 1996, authors mailed a questionnaire with demographic attitude questions to 1,949 non-federally employed Mexico. The consisted dealing school admission, residency training, referrals response rate was 53.6%. RESULTS: Of all responding physicians, 4.3% would refuse admission applicants known be or lesbian. Respondents were most opposed physicians' seeking training obstetrics gynecology (10.1%), least their radiology (4.3%). Disclosure homosexual orientation also threaten obstetrician-gynecologists (11.4%) more than other specialties. CONCLUSION: Physicians' colleagues seem have improved considerably from those reported previously literature. However, men lesbians medicine continue face opposition pursuit specialty practice.