Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts are Unethical and Harmful

Affiliations

¹ Jessica N. Fish is with the Department of Family Science and the Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park. Stephen T. Russell is with the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas, Austin.

Editorial

Jessica N Fish et al. Am J Public Health. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;110(8):1113-1114.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305765.

¹ Jessica N. Fish is with the Department of Family Science and the Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park. Stephen T. Russell is with the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas, Austin.

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