The management of embarrassment and sexuality in health care

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1507-1513

  Meerabeau, Liz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delicacy; Embarrassment; Fertility treatment; Gynaecology; Health care; Privacy; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; COLPOSCOPY; CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; EUROPE; EVALUATION; EVALUATION REPORT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; NORTHERN EUROPE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REVIEW; SEXUALITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENGLAND; ETHICS; EUROPE; EVALUATION; EVALUATION REPORT; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NORTHERN EUROPE; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; SEXUALITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0033146472     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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