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Remarkable changes have taken place in the sex education of medical students and physicians in the last 18 years. This chapter describes the changes that have occurred since 1960, the present status of sex education for health professionals, and future prospects.
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Lief, H.I. (1978). Sex Education in Medicine. In: Brown, L. (eds) Sex Education in the Eighties. Perspectives in Sexuality. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3270-1_15
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