Gendered attitudes towards sexual relationships among adolescents attending nurse led sexual health clinics in England: A qualitative study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 2963-2971

  Hayter, Mark ^a   Harrison, Christina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Doncaster Primary Care Trust Childrens and Young People Service Division   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Descriptive; Nurses; Nursing; Qualitative; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 53849147550     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02515.x     Document Type: Article

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