General internist communication about sexual function with cancer survivors

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Park, Elyse R ^a   Bober, Sharon L ^b   Campbell, Eric G ^a   Recklitis, Christopher J ^b   Kutner, Jean S ^c   Diller, Lisa ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

General internist; Sexuality communication; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEAR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 71949127368     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1026-5     Document Type: Article

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