Attitudes of university students toward the sexuality of persons with mental retardation and persons with paraplegia

British Journal of Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-117

  Katz, Shlomo ^a   Shemesh, Tami ^b   Bizman, Aharon ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTHORITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORY;

EID: 0033928750     PISSN: 09697950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/096979500799155720     Document Type: Article

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