Being lesbian - Does the doctor need to know?

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-62

  Bjorkman, Mari ^a,b,d   Malterud, Kirsti ^b,c  

^a Rodelokka Health Center   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Communication; Family practice; Female; Homosexuality; Truth disclosure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LESBIAN; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33847232513     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430601086178     Document Type: Article

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