Sexual issues and concerns: Tales of Chinese women with spinal cord impairments

Sexuality and Disability

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-26

  Li, Candy Mung Nga ^b   Yau, Matthew Kwai Sang ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Culture; Health care; Physical disability; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMPREHENSION; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE; LITERATURE; MARRIAGE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SCIENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIETY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 33745788840     PISSN: 01461044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11195-005-9000-6     Document Type: Article

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