Sex and the 'recently single': Perceptions of sexuality and HIV risk among mature women and primary care physicians

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 495-511

  Grant, Kathryn ^a   Ragsdale, Kathleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Older women; Patient communication; Risk perception; STIs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE WOMAN; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WIDOW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 46049115874     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050801948094     Document Type: Article

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