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. 1966 Oct 29;95(18):924–926.

Sex Education in the Schools— The Doctor's Role

Frances M F Richards
PMCID: PMC1935710  PMID: 5921751

Abstract

Physicians may be asked to act as consultants in the development of sex education programs in the schools or to contribute as professional experts. As most medical libraries contain very little material on this subject, the doctor must turn to public libraries, which have books ranging from useless to excellent. These must be examined critically. In his role of healer, the doctor may minimize his roles of teacher and community model, and thereby lose many opportunities to communicate with members of other professions and thus extend health education beyond the limits of his practice.

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