Sexual health inquiry and support is a primary care priority

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-11

  Sadovsky, Richard ^a   Nusbaum, Margaret ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Primary care; Sexual dysfunction; Sexual health

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ESTROGEN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT CARE; PELVIC DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VAGINA DISEASE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645731987     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2005.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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