Attitudes among rehabilitation nurses towards love and intimacy in older people

Geriatrics Today: Journal of the Canadian Geriatrics Society

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 46-48

  Ali, Khalid M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Love; Nurses; Older People; Rehabilitation; Sex

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTIMACY; LOVE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALITY; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 2442618978     PISSN: 14963892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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