Sexuality and disability: The role of health care professionals in providing options and alternatives for couples

Sexuality and Disability

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 267-282

  Esmail, Shaniff ^a   Esmail, Yashmina ^b   Munro, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Capital Health Edmonton   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disability; P LI SS IT model; Relationships; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011132724     PISSN: 01461044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017905425599     Document Type: Article

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