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Date of Publication: April 01, 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20529/IJME.2013.045
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Letters
Void in the sphere of wisdom: a distorted picture of homosexuality in medical textbooks
Subhankar Chatterjee
Subhasish Ghosh
Abstract:
Homosexuality is not a new issue in western medical literature; but an empathetic approach to it in the medical literature in India is a recent phenomenon. Equality in providing healthcare is not being practised, as evidenced by homophobia among doctors, more so in the Indian sub-continent where religious and social biases contribute to denying proper healthcare to the homosexual - as well as the lesbian, bisexual and transgender - community.
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