A preliminary investigation of physiotherapy students' attitudes towards issues of sexuality in clinical practice

Physiotherapy

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-48

  Pynor, Rosemary ^a   Weerakoon, Patricia ^a   Jones, Mairwen Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comfort; Physiotherapists; Sex education; Sexual health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MASTURBATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL THERAPY STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 33748035420     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2004.06.012     Document Type: Article

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