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Contraception 1991;44:473-80.Discrimination against gay and lesbian R five y (representing clinically meaningful {change|alter|modify|adjust|transform physicians goes against GMC's guidanceEditor--As co-chairs with the Gay and Lesbian Association of Medical doctors and Dentists (GLADD) we have been concerned about an anonymous letter published in Profession Concentrate a number of months ago.1 It was by a gay physician within a education post and raises a number of significant issues. We can present them some comfort by pointing to the General Health-related Council's guidance to all medical doctors, which states: "You must not discriminate against your colleagues, like medical doctors applying for posts, because of your views of their life style, culture, beliefs, race, colour, sex, sexuality or age."2 We recognise, having said that, that practice could possibly be quite different.Susan Bewley Consultant obstetrician David Harvey Professor of paediatrics and neonatal medicine GLADD, PO Box 5606, London W4 1WY1 Not coming out. BMJ 1997;classified suppl:2. (13 December.) two General Healthcare Council. Duties of a doctor. Very good health-related practice. London: GMC, 1996.British Diabetic Association publishes guidance Editor--Tattersall and Page rightly draw consideration for the lack of organised care for elderly persons with diabetes living in residential and Bgroups).ResultsCardio exercising: acute effects {After|Following nursing homes.1 Given the huge numbers of elderly people with diabetes, t.United kingdom.two three Pharmacokinetic information suggest that the prices of release of levonorgestrel by both the old along with the new formulations are comparable more than 5 years, so these data are supportive. The updated solution details for the levonorgestrel intrauterine device will permit a duration of use of five years and state that the device has a pregnancy rate of less than 1 per 100 woman years. Clinicians and customers might be reassured that this process of contraception is efficient when left in utero for five years.M Harrison-Woolrych Senior healthcare assessor J M Raine Group manager Medicines Control Agency, London SW8 5NQ1 Mansour D, Guillebaud J. Information support extended use of levonorgestrel intrauterine systems. BMJ 1998;316:l671. (30 May perhaps.) two Sivin I, El Mahgoub S, McCarthy T, Mishell DR Jr, Shoupe D, Alvarez F, et al. Long term contraception using the levonorgestrel 20 mcg/day (LNg20) along with the Copper T 380 Ag intrauterine devices: a five year randomised study. Contraception 1990;42:361-78. 3 Sivin I, Stern J, Coutinho E, Mattos C, El Mahgoub S, Diaz S, et al. Prolonged intrauterine contraception: a seven year randomised study on the levonorgestrel 20 mcg/day (LNg20) along with the Copper T 380 Ag IUDs. Contraception 1991;44:473-80.Discrimination against gay and lesbian physicians goes against GMC's guidanceEditor--As co-chairs in the Gay and Lesbian Association of Doctors and Dentists (GLADD) we have been concerned about an anonymous letter published in Career Concentrate several months ago.1 It was by a gay physician in a coaching post and raises several important troubles. Firstly, as the writer pointed out, gay and lesbian physicians in the armed solutions are liable to dismissal for no other cause than their sexuality. This happened to certainly one of our members in 1997 just after he was "outed" by a tabloid newspaper. Secondly, doctors inside the armed services are needed to report service personnel whom they know to become homosexual even though this information and facts has been acquired during a clinical consultation and in the understanding that the particular person concerned will be dismissed. In any other context such breach of confidentiality could amount to qualified misconduct.