Sexuality and the adolescent with a physical disability: Understandings and misunderstandings

Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 183-196

  Berman, Helene ^a   Harris, Dorothy ^b   Enright, Rick ^b   Gilpin, Michelle ^b   Cathers, Tamzin ^b   Bukovy, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b THAMES VALLEY CHILDREN S CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033206146     PISSN: 01460862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014608699265275     Document Type: Article

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