The anatomy of a forbidden desire: Men, penetration and semen exchange

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-20

  Holmes, Dave ^a   Warner, Dan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bareback sex; Desire; Poststructuralism; Psychoanalysis; Public health nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CONDOMS; DRIVE; EUROPE; GIFT GIVING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PLEASURE-PAIN PRINCIPLE; POSTMODERNISM; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEMEN; SYMBOLISM; TABOO; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 15944404622     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2005.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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