Sex in the curriculum: The effect of a multi-modal sexual history-taking module on medical student skills

Sex Education

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Lindau, Stacy Tessler ^a   Goodrich, Katie G ^b   Leitsch, Sara A ^a   Cook, Sandy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 38649127220     PISSN: 14681811     EISSN: 14720825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681810701811753     Document Type: Article

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