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Closeted MD

Photo by deathtiny42, courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons
Photo by deathtiny42, courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons

We begin with homophobia in American hospitals. A recent, New York Timesop-ed by Dr. Pauline Chencaught  our eye. In an era of rapidly expanding acceptance and rights for gays and lesbians, her question, “does medicine discourage gay doctors?” is one we had not yet heard asked. So, we invited Dr. Chen to tell us more. 

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