Chaperone use during intimate examinations in primary care: Postal survey of family physicians

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Price, David H ^a   Shawn Tracy, C ^a   Upshur, Ross E G ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Primary Care Research   (Canada)

^e CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NURSE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTAL MAIL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAFF; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AMBULATORY CARE; BREAST DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; RECTAL DISEASES; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; BREAST DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OFFICE VISITS; ONTARIO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL DISEASES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 32044438666     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-6-52     Document Type: Article

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