"Opening a can of worms": GP and practice nurse barriers to talking about sexual health in primary care

Family Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 528-536

  Gott, Merryn ^a,b   Galena, Elisabeth ^a   Hinchliff, Sharron ^a   Elford, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Primary care; Sexual health; Sexual problems; Sexuality; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; NEGRO; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 4844227338     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh509     Document Type: Article

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