How to perform a pelvic exam for the sexually active adolescent

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 28-43

  Daley, Alison Moriarty ^a   Cromwell, Polly F ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MEDICINE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MEDICINE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0036726898     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006205-200209000-00006     Document Type: Article

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