Survey of Sexual Medicine Society members reveals only half ask for patients' sexual orientation

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say their small survey of nearly 100 health care practitioners who are members of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America revealed that only half routinely ask their patients directly about their sexual orientation. In addition, the survey found, of those who do not ask, more than 40 percent say that sexual orientation is irrelevant to patients' care, a position contrary to longstanding clinical evidence.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news