Kos and lesbos or the physician and the lesbian patient

Harefuah

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 554-557

  Rabinerson, David ^a   Ninio, Avraham ^a   Greenblat, Ben Zion ^a   Dekel, Arie ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Lesbians; Medical; Problems; Review; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVIEW; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 25444530938     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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