Perceiving risk and (re)constructing safety: The lived experience of having 'safe' sex

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-295

  Bourne, Adam H ^a   Robson, Margaret A ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Public health; Risk; Risk perception; Safe sex; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 68449085027     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698570902906421     Document Type: Article

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