Sexually acquired infections: Do lay experiences of partner notification challenge practice?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-43

  Coleman, Claire ^a   Lohan, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact tracing; Men's health; Nurse patient relationships; Nursing; Partner notification; Qualitative interviews; Sexual health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; CONTACT TRACING; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYPHILIS;

EID: 33947645835     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04193.x     Document Type: Article

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