Sexuality and the chronically ill older adult: A social justice issue

Sexuality and Disability

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-59

  Pangman, Verna C ^a   Seguire, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Invisibility; Nurses; Sexuality; Social justice; Visibility

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; JUSTICE; NURSING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT RIGHT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0034125193     PISSN: 01461044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005477712133     Document Type: Article

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