STI services in the United Kingdom: How shall we cope?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 435-438

  Bradbeer, C ^a   Mears, A ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY PLANNING; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MICROSCOPY; MYCOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PHARMACIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROAT CULTURE; TRICHOMONIASIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

AMBULATORY CARE; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CONFIDENTIALITY; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VENEREOLOGY;

EID: 0346249814     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.79.6.435     Document Type: Review

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