LGBT health issues not being taught at medical schools, study finds

Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 16:00 in Health & Medicine

The average medical student spends just five hours in medical school learning about the health-care needs of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community, despite evidence that these patients often face a unique set of health risks, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine that will be published Sept. 7 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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