Will medical solutions to sexual problems make sexological care and science obsolete?

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 385-397

  Rowland, David L ^a  

^a VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DAPOXETINE; ESOMEPRAZOLE; ESZOPICLONE; MOMETASONE FUROATE; ROPINIROLE; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL; TESTOSTERONE; VARDENAFIL;

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; DRUG INDUSTRY; EJACULATION DISORDER; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SEX THERAPY; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; STIGMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL MEDICINE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEXOLOGY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447545190     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230701477022     Document Type: Review

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