Partner notification for sexually transmitted infections in the modern world: A practitioner perspective on challenges and opportunities

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 87, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Bell, Gill ^a   Potterat, John ^b  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION AID; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; EXPEDITED PARTNER THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL CARE; PARTNER NOTIFICATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT DELIVERED PARTNER THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTAL HOME SAMPLING; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE INJURY;

CONTACT TRACING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 82555193614     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050229     Document Type: Review

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