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  Vol. 281 No. 23, June 16, 1999 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Survey Says Patients Expect Little Physician Help on Sex

Charles Marwick

JAMA. 1999;281:2173-2174.

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Washington—Just in time for this month of weddings and honeymoons come the results of a survey saying that people who face problems with their sex life don't expect much help from physicians.

In a recent US poll of 500 adults 25 years of age or older, 71% said they thought their doctor would dismiss any concerns about sexual problems they might bring up. But that doesn't deter them from trying; 85% of those surveyed said they would talk to their physician if they had a sexual problem even though they might not get treatment for it.

The poll, a random-digit-dialed telephone survey prepared by the public opinion research firm Bennett, Petts, & Blumenthal of Washington, DC, was held to be representative of the general population. The firm states that "in 95 cases out of 100, the responses to this survey should fall within ±4.4% of those that . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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