Sexuality in the nursing home, part 2: Managing abnormal behavior - Legal and ethical issues

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 203-206

  Kamel, Hosam K ^a   Hajjar, Ramzi R ^b  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal behavior; Ethical issues; Nursing home; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTIANDROGEN; BENZODIAZEPINE; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GESTAGEN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; AGED; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TARGETING; EDEMA; ELDERLY CARE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMAN; INTIMACY; LEGAL ASPECT; LONG TERM CARE; LOVE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STAFF; NAUSEA; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TOUCH;

EID: 0041632207     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70347-3     Document Type: Review

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