Turkish physicians’ approach to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other gender and sexual minority individuals and their sexual health
Significant educational and clinical gaps persist in LGBT+ healthcare. Addressing these through structured training programs, standardized protocols, and multidisciplinary collaboration is essential to ensuring competent, inclusive, and ethical medical care.
Authors
- Batuhan Turgay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9927-181X)
- Özlem Gökçe
- Harun Bal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0878-8253)
- Uğur Akgün (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0436-7451)
- Çağrı Doğan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9681-2473)
- İrem Akdemir Kalkan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5136-9148)
- Tufan Çiçek
- Gökhan Çeker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7891-9450)
- Mehmet Hamza Gültekin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6111-2987)
- Ersan Arda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5430-6561)
- Emre Ünal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-3965)
- Murat Demir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5029-8800)
- Hakan Anıl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6333-0213)
- Rahime Duygu Temeltürk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9303-5944)
- Yalçın Kızılkan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4729-0100)
- Muhammed Arif İbiş (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8581-2101)
- Murat Gül (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6657-6227)
- Özer Ural Çakıcı
- Kerem Gençer Kutman
- Meral Çeker
- Tolga Muharrem Okutucu
Institutions
- Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi (TR)
- Trakya University (TR)
- Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University (TR)
- Ministry of Health (TR)
- Selçuk University (TR)
- Ankara University (TR)
- Bilkent University (TR)
- University of Health Science (KH)
- Bursa Technical University (TR)
- Eskişehir City Hospital (TR)
- Memorial Ankara Hospital (TR)
- Maternity and Children's Hospital (SA)
- Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa (TR)
- Education Training And Research (US)
- Başkent University Hospital (TR)
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi (TR)
- IS practice (BE)
- Istanbul University (TR)
- Muğla University (TR)
- University of Health Sciences Antigua (AG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sexual Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/sexmed/qfaf043
- Primary Topic
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00