What has happened to teaching human sexuality in psychiatric training programs?

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 325-327

  Balon, Richard ^a   Morreale, Mary K ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; HUMAN; PSYCHIATRY; SEXUALITY; TEACHING;

CURRICULUM; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRY; SEXUALITY; TEACHING;

EID: 77956904825     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.34.5.325     Document Type: Review

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