First pelvic examination in the adolescent

Nurse Practitioner Forum: Current Topics and Communications

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 161-169

  Ricciardi, Richard ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANXIETY; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034278764     PISSN: 10455485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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