General practitioners' use of internet-based patient materials for partner notification

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 613-616

  Tomnay, Jane E ^a,c   Pitts, Marian K ^b   Fairley, Christopher K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MALE; PARTNER NOTIFICATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONTACT TRACING; CORRESPONDENCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; LABORATORIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING MATERIALS; VICTORIA;

EID: 34547642288     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000258324.64545.2c     Document Type: Article

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