Are patient responses to sensitive sexual health questions influenced by the sex of the practitioner?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 321-322

  Ginige, S ^a   Chen, M Y ^b   Fairley, Christopher K ^a,c  

^a MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL HEALTH;

AMBULATORY CARE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33747195626     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2005.018069     Document Type: Article

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