Sex knowledge and sexual attitudes among medical and nursing students

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 260-266

  McKelvey, Robert S ^a   Webb, John A ^b   Baldassar, Loretta V ^c   Robinson, Suzanne M ^d   Riley, Geoff ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Medical and nursing students; Sex knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUALITY; COUNSELING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENDER; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLITICS; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SCIENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 0032959145     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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