ORIGINAL RESEARCH-EDUCATION: Predictors of Physicians' Involvement in Addressing Sexual Health Issues

Physicians' training in communication skills seems to be fundamental for sexual history taking and the management of sexual problems, as it improves their level of comfort in dealing with sexual issues; exposure to sexual medicine courses, and psychosocial orientation, as well as physicians' personal sexual attitudes, are also important factors affecting their involvement in sexual medicine. Tsimtsiou Z, Hatzimouratidis K, Nakopoulou E, Kyrana E, Salpigidis G, and Hatzichristou D. Predictors of physicians' involvement in addressing sexual health issues. J Sex Med 2006;3:583-588.