Sexual dysfunction - What is the primary physicians role?

Harefuah

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 662-665+719

  Press, Yan ^a   Menahem, Sasson ^a   Shvartzman, Pesah ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Barriers; Primary care; Sexual dysfunction; Treatment rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY LIFE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ISRAEL; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0141447745     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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