Document 0626
 DOCN  M9490626
 TI    Actions speak louder than words: implications of a dental experiment.
 DT    9411
 AU    Hazelkorn HM; Robins LS; School of Public Health, University of Illinois
       at Chicago; 60612-7259.
 SO    J Public Health Policy. 1994 Summer;15(2):226-34. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/94342466
 AB    This study reports on an experiment to determine whether dentists would,
       in actual office practice, be willing to treat men they perceive to be
       homosexual. The data show an overwhelming percentage of dentists to be
       homophobic in some degree and a majority felt they did not have an
       ethical obligation to treat AIDS patients. However, the study found that
       an even larger majority of dentists would treat persons with AIDS. And
       strikingly, only 1 dentist actually refused to treat a patient who was
       perceived to be homosexual and at high risk of AIDS.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PSYCHOLOGY  *Attitude of Health
       Personnel  Dentists/*PSYCHOLOGY  Female  *Homosexuality  Human  Male
       Refusal to Treat  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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