Is medicalization and dichotomization of sexology the answer? A commentary

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 405-409

  Balon, Richard ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UPC Jefferson   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR;

DRUG SAFETY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOTE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SEX THERAPY; SEXOLOGY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

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

EID: 34547684346     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230701477071     Document Type: Note

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