Positive sexual effects of chronic illness: Case studies of women with lupus (SLE)

Sexuality and Disability

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 191-208

  Karlen, Arno ^a  

^a Washington Sq Inst for Psychother ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Illness and sexuality; Lupus; Sexual adjustment; Sexual satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 1842531955     PISSN: 01461044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021497816364     Document Type: Article

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