Active Duty Military Personnel Presenting for Care at a Gay Men's Health Clinic

Bibliographic Data

ID3628095
AuthorsDavey M Smith (0000-0003-3603-1733, a Gay Men's Health Clinic , North Park Family Health Centers and University of California, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume54
Issue3
Pages277-279
Publication date2008-05-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918360801982173
PMID18825864
OpenAlexW1980111770
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited3

Under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue, Don't Harass" Department of Defense policy, gay men and women are allowed to serve in the military, but they are not allowed to disclose their sexual orientation. This study was performed to determine the incidence of active duty military personnel seeking care at a Gay Men's Health Clinic. Nine percent of the clients, who had served between June and August 2002, were active duty U.S. Navy sailors. They all expressed fears of being discharged from the military when asked why they did not access military healthcare. The "DADTDPDH" policy breeds distrust between men who have sex with men (MSM) service-members and their healthcare provider and this ensures inadequate healthcare

Active duty · Distrust · Duty · Family medicine · Health care · Homosexuality · Military medicine · Military personnel · Military service · Navy · Political science · Service member · Sexual orientation · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology

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