MEETING THE DEMANDS OF WORK - PHYSICIANS AND SEXUALITY ISSUES

The general purpose of the study was to identify sexuality-related iss ues in the work of physicians at the health centers in one town in Fin land, in addition to the kinds of sexual problems encountered at the p hysician office and treatment modalities used, quantity and quality of past sexuality education within the medical curriculum as well as its perceived adequacy towards skills establishment. There were two stati stically significant differences in this study: more females than male s requested continuing education on sexuality, and only female physici ans had been requested sexuality-related information by the patients.