Important Considerations for Addressing LGBT Health Care Competency

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¹ Jamieson T. Jann, E. Kale Edmiston, and Jesse M. Ehrenfeld are with the Program for LGBTI Health, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Jamieson T. Jann is also an undergraduate at the University of Georgia, Athens. E. Kale Edmiston is also with Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University. Jesse M. Ehrenfeld is also with the Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University.

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Jamieson T Jann et al. Am J Public Health. 2015 Nov.

. 2015 Nov;105(11):e8.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302864. Epub 2015 Sep 17.

¹ Jamieson T. Jann, E. Kale Edmiston, and Jesse M. Ehrenfeld are with the Program for LGBTI Health, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Jamieson T. Jann is also an undergraduate at the University of Georgia, Athens. E. Kale Edmiston is also with Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University. Jesse M. Ehrenfeld is also with the Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University.

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