A hood for a hawk: when to use chaperones in sexual health clinics*
Stephen C. Davies A C , James A. Baber A and Linda S. Dayan B
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A Sexual Health Service, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia.
B Taylor Square Private Clinic, 393 Bourke Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2021, Australia.
C Corresponding author. Email: sdavies@nsccahs.health.nsw.gov.au
Sexual Health 4(3) 205-206 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH07052
Submitted: 10 July 2007 Accepted: 17 July 2007 Published: 23 August 2007
Additional keywords: anogenital examination, genital examination, gynaecologic examination, intimate examination, physical examination.
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