Clinical perspectives on sexual issues in nursing homes

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Lichtenberg, Peter A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

dementia and sexuality; nursing homes; sexual attitudes; sexual disinhibition; sexuality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0031000526     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013614-199706000-00003     Document Type: Review

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