Chronic Illness Care for Lesbian, Gay, & Bisexual Individuals

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 655-674

  Dibble, Suzanne L ^a   Eliason, Michele J ^b   Christiansen, Mats A D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISEXUALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; REVIEW; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

BISEXUALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEX COUNSELING; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 35948963256     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2007.08.002     Document Type: Review

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