Teaching medical students about the appropriateness of social and sexual contact between doctors and their patients: Evaluation of a programme

Medical Education

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 335-340

  Coverdale, J H ^a,b   Turbott, S H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attitude; Doctor patient relations; Education, medical, undergraduate; Sex behaviour; Students medical psychology; Teaching, methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GYNECOLOGY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBSTETRICS; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; TEACHING;

EID: 0030669995     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.1997.00668.x     Document Type: Article

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