Sexuality and amputation: A systematic literature review

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 522-527

  Geertzen, Jan H B ^a,b   Van Es, Corine G ^a   Dijkstra, Pieter U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amputation; Sexuality; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARM AMPUTATION; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LIMB AMPUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AMPUTATION; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AMPUTATION; AMPUTEES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUALITY;

EID: 67649213537     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280802240589     Document Type: Review

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