Sexual history-taking among primary care physicians

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1924-1929

  Wimberly, Yolanda Hill ^a,b   Hogben, Matthew ^a,c   Moore Ruffin, Jada ^a,c   Moore, Sandra E ^a,b   Fry Johnson, Yvonne ^a,b  

^a Morehouse School of Medicine ^*

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Primary care physicians; Sexual history

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRICS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33845670814     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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