Which Adolescents Have Opportunities to Talk to Doctors Alone?

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 307-308

  Ford, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ANAMNESIS; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHLAMYDIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEXUAL HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949446064     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.01.014     Document Type: Editorial

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