The training needs of general practitioners in the exploration of sexual health matters and providing sexual healthcare to lesbian, gay and bisexual patients

Medical Teacher

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 752-759

  Stott, Don Brandon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; LESBIANISM; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; ARTICLE;

BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRELAND; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

EID: 84882973078     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2013.801943     Document Type: Article

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