"I'll look it up on the Web first": Barriers and overcoming barriers to consult for sexual dysfunction among young men

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 140, Issue 23-24, 2010, Pages 348-353

  Akre, Christina ^a   Michaud, Pierre André ^a   Suris, Joan Carles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Internet; Male sexuality; Qualitative research; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EJACULATION DISORDER; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MASCULINITY; PREMATURE EJACULATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SHAME; VIGNETTE; FEMALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77953518813     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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