Med schools fail lesbian health.Education about lesbian health issues is woefully woe·ful also wo·ful adj. 1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful. 2. Causing or involving woe. 3. Deplorably bad or wretched: inadequate or missing entirely from most obstetric ob·stet·ric or ob·stet·ri·cal adj. Of or relating to the profession of obstetrics or the care of women during and after pregnancy. obstetrical, obstetric pertaining to or emanating from obstetrics. and gynecologic gynecologic /gy·ne·co·log·ic/ (gi?ne-) (jin?e-kah-loj´ik) pertaining to the female reproductive tract or to gynecology. residency programs, according to a survey conducted by researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine is a private medical school located in Houston, Texas, USA on the grounds of the Texas Medical Center. It has been consistently rated the top medical school in Texas and among the best in the United States. in Houston. Coupled with the fact that lesbians are less likely than other women to seek regular ob-gyn care, this results in a one-two punch that can put lesbian lives at risk, warns lead researcher Paula Amato. Amato hopes that pointing out these curricular gaps will lead ob-gyn programs to take it upon themselves to expand instruction on issues that are unique to lesbian patients. |
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