Trevor Stammers Tutor in General Practice, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London, examines the data and concludes that teenagers are getting the wrong message about sex.“Scuse me”, said the Elephant’s Child most politely, “but have you seen such a thing as a Crocodile in these promiscuous parts?” — Rudyard Kipling, Just So StoriesThe sexual health of adolescents in the Western world is generally declining. In the UK, which has the highest teenage conception rate in Western Eu…
