'I daresay I might find it embarrassing': General practitioners' perspectives on discussing sexual health issues with lesbian and gay patients

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 345-353

  Hinchliff, Sharron ^a,b   Gott, Merryn ^a   Galena, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Sheffield Institute for Studies on Ageing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gay men; General practitioners; Lesbians; Primary care; Sexual health; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 22144454949     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2005.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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