Holding onto womanhood: A qualitative study of heterosexual women with sexual desire loss

Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 449-465

  Hinchliff, Sharron ^a   Gott, Merryn ^a   Wylie, Kevan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Material discursive; Sense of self; Sexual desire loss; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SPOUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPOUSES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 67650164948     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459309103917     Document Type: Article

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