Assessment of sexual consent capacity

Sexuality and Disability

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-20

  Lyden, Martin ^a  

^a Center for Disability Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity; Consent; Disabilities; Sexual

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEFECT; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LITERATURE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORALITY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

EID: 33847342935     PISSN: 01461044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11195-006-9028-2     Document Type: Review

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