The crisis in sexual health and developing genitourinary medicine services: Lessons from a primary care trust

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-43

  Laverty, Susan ^a   Pugh, R Nicholas ^a   Joseph, A T ^b  

^a Walsall Teaching Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b MANOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Evaluation; GU medicine; Guidelines; Service provision; Sexual health; Standards; STIs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WORK CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 30944459195     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 09564624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646206775220441     Document Type: Article

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