Sex and the nursing home

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 575-586

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

^a Bay Pines VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MASTURBATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOME; PRIVACY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALITY;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSING HOMES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0042665861     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0690(02)00099-X     Document Type: Review

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