Talking about sexuality with the physician: Are patients receiving what they wish?

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 141, Issue MARCH, 2011, Pages

  Meystre Agustoni, Giovanna ^a   Jeannin, André ^a   De Heller, Kim ^b   Pécoud, Alain ^c   Bodenmann, Patrick ^c   Dubois Arber, Françoise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Vidy Source Outpatient Clinic   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Counselling; Patients' expectation; Primary health care; Sexual history taking; Sexually transmitted infections (STI)

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SWITZERLAND; ANAMNESIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

COITUS; COMMUNICATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79955644163     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2011.13178     Document Type: Article

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