On my 40th birthday, I made two important decisions regardingmy health: I would finally see a physician on a routine basis,and I would be frank with my newly chosen doctor about beinggay. This revelation might seem to have come late in life, butfor me it was a major breakthrough. Although this physicianhad been recommended to me by colleagues, I was disappointedby the lack of discussion following my emotionally difficultstatement about my sexual orientation. He did not discuss mysexual history or recommend that I be tested for HIV, nor didwe discuss the . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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Dr. Makadon is director of education and professional training at the Fenway Institute, Fenway Community Health; a staff physician in general medicine and primary care at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; and an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School — all in Boston.
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