Discussing STIs: Doctors are from Mars, patients from Venus

Family Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-15

  Verhoeven, V ^a   Bovijn, K ^a   Helder, A ^a   Peremans, L ^a   Hermann, I ^a   Van Royen, P ^a   Denekens, J ^a   Avonts, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Counselling; Preventive medicine; Sexual health; Sexual History; Sexual transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMPREHENSION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTHER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SAFE SEX; SAMPLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPOUSE; TIME;

ADULT; BELGIUM; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COUNSELING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0037310380     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/20.1.11     Document Type: Article

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