What's said and what's done: The reality of sexually transmitted disease consultations

Public Health

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 96-103

  Smith, George Davey ^a   Mertens, Thierry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WHO Mediterranean Centre   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

AIDS India; Client visit; Methodology; Participant observation; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LICENSING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; RELIABILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SIMULATION; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0742285286     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2003.05.004     Document Type: Article

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