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This chapter outlines a case study where a patient in a preoperative area incidentally learns that the medical student is gay.

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

    Timothy Layng & Joel Moll

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Correspondence to Joel Moll .

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  1. Office for Diversity and Equity and Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Marcus L. Martin

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Sheryl Heron

  3. Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Lisa Moreno-Walton

  4. Office for Diversity and Equity, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Michelle Strickland

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Layng, T., Moll, J. (2019). Gay Student. In: Martin, M.L., Heron, S., Moreno-Walton, L., Strickland, M. (eds) Diversity and Inclusion in Quality Patient Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92762-6_36

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