Chaperones for rectal and genital examinations in the emergency department: What do patients and physicians want?

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-28

  Santen, Sally A ^a   Seth, Naveen ^b   Hemphill, Robin R ^b   Wrenn, Keith D ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Physical examination; Physician patient relations; Professional practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENITOURINARY EXAMINATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PELVIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONALISM; RECTUM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUST; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 37849017240     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31815d3df4     Document Type: Article

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