If not the disability, then what? Barriers to reclaiming sexuality following spinal cord injury

Sexuality and Disability

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-111

  Sakellariou, Dikaios ^a,b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Masculinity; Physical impairment; Sexuality; Social attitudes; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; PERSONAL VALUE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIETY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 33745632400     PISSN: 01461044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11195-006-9008-6     Document Type: Article

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