Support services for homosexual students at U.S. medical schools.

ABSTRACT

This study reports the results of a national survey conducted to assess current programs directed toward gay and lesbian medical students and to identify their perceptions, needs, and wishes. Support services are limited and those that do exist vary on the basis of class size, institutional affiliation, and geographic region. The topic of homosexuality is taught in most medical schools in a circumscribed way. Implications of the findings concern the medical education of all students, irrespective of their sexual orientations.