Attitudes of social service providers towards the sexuality of individuals with intellectual disability

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 110-115

  Bazzo, Giuseppe ^a   Nota, Laura ^b   Soresi, Salvatore ^b   Ferrari, Lea ^b   Minnes, Patricia ^c  

^a Health Service   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Mental retardation; Sexuality; Social services providers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846975741     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2006.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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