The need to maintain intimacy in elderly cancer patients;Il bisogno d'intimità nel paziente anziano oncologico

Giornale di Gerontologia

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-86

  Lissandrello, Giuseppe ^a,b   Respini, D ^a   Carrieri, R ^a   Trotolo, V ^a   Tralongo, P ^a  

^a G Di Maria Hospital   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Elderly patients; Intimacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547549925     PISSN: 00170305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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