The Sex Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) is a new and much-needed voluntary organi zation which every pediatrician should know about and support.
SIECUS proposes that our society needs to develop new atti tudes about human sexuality and its role in the life of man. To achieve this will give help to the adolescent, but also will re quire the help of the adolescent.
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