TITLE

Australian sexual health services fragmented

PUB. DATE

May 1997

SOURCE

Australian Nursing Journal;May97, Vol. 4 Issue 10, p30

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports on the absence of guidelines available in Australia and New Zealand for the diagnosis, treatment and tracing of contacts of patients with sexually transmitted disease (STD). Measurement of the improvement of services; High incidence of STDs in rural aboriginal communities; Common duties of nurses in STD facilities.

ACCESSION #

9705144556

Tags: SEXUALLY transmitted diseases

 

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