The Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Female Sexual Well-Being

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 581-592

  Grandjean, Cindy ^a   Moran, Barbara ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 35748978857     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2007.08.004     Document Type: Review

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