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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
'Homosexuality and the medical profession: A behaviourist's view' by John Bancroft
Beteiligte:
Schröck, Ruth A;
Dunn, Ian;
Bancroft, John
Erschienen:
Society for the Study of Medical Ethics, 1976
Erschienen in:
Journal of Medical Ethics, 2 (1976) 1, Seite 24-27
Sprache:
Englisch
ISSN:
0306-6800;
1473-4257
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Beschreibung:
The Scottish Minorities Group is an organization seeking to ensure the rights and welfare of homosexual men and women, and so Dr Bancroft's paper (Journal of medical ethics, 1, 176) should be of particular interest to them. In their commentary on Dr Bancroft's views the authors are chiefly critical of the narrow premise from which in their opinion he writes. In their view he can satisfy neither the homosexual men and women themselves nor the psychiatrists who do not share his approach. However, they devote most of their argument to the question of the value of medical 'treatment' either to help homosexuals to keep out of legal trouble or to come to terms with their sexuality, particularly when a man or woman is uncertain of their sexual identity. Finally, they touch on Dr Bancroft's apparent misconception of the idea that homosexual organizations wish to convert men and women of ambivalent sexual attitudes to their own way of thinking. In the second part of the paper Dr Bancroft replies briefly to their charges of misunderstanding those whom he seeks to help.