Do it yourself sexual health care: The user experience

Sexual Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-29

  Baraitser, Paula ^a   Brown, Kirsty Collander ^b   Gleisner, Zachary ^a   Pearce, Vikki ^c   Kumar, Usha ^a   Brady, Michael ^a  

^a Camberwell Sexual Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Print House   (United Kingdom)

^c Mile End Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health care; self management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE INFECTION; CONDOM; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREGNANCY TEST; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL HEALTH; WAITING ROOM;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONDOMS; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LONDON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 79251628510     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH10029     Document Type: Article

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