Is accelerated partner therapy partner notification for sexually transmissible infections acceptable and feasible in general practice?

Sexual Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-22

  Shackleton, Thomas ^a   Sutcliffe, Lorna ^a   Estcourt, Claudia ^a,b,c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b London School of Medicine and Dentistry ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

partner notification; primary care

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED PARTNER THERAPY; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARMACY; SCREENING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 79251632616     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH10031     Document Type: Article

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