Attitudes to taking a sexual history in general practice in Victoria, Australia

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-44

  Temple Smith, M J ^a,b   Mulvey, G ^a   Keogh, L ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

General practitioners; Health services; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0033052339     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.75.1.41     Document Type: Article

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