Patient-delivered partner therapy in the UK: What do the professionals think?

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 437-440

  Shivasankar, Sivapatham ^a   Challenor, Rachel ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GU medicine; Health advisers; Partner notification; Patient delivered partner therapy; PDPT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 47949121888     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008003     Document Type: Article

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