A national survey of physicians' behaviors regarding sexual contact with patients

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 977-982

  Bayer, Timothy ^a,b   Coverdale, John ^a   Chiang, Elizabeth ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dept of Psychiat and Behav Sci ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029859291     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199610000-00008     Document Type: Article

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