Seeking help for sexual function complaints: What gynecologists need to know about the female patient's experience

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 572-576

  Berman, Laura ^a   Berman, Jennifer ^a   Felder, Stan ^a   Pollets, Dan ^a,b   Chhabra, Sachin ^a,b   Miles, Marie ^a   Powell, Jennifer Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Female sexual dysfunction; Patient attitudes; Patient experience; Physician attitudes; Sexual complaints; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGASM; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX THERAPY; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALITY; SHAME;

EID: 0037335307     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04695-2     Document Type: Article

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