Sexuality and life-threatening illness: Implications for social work and palliative care

Health and Social Work

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 223-233

  Cagle, John G ^a   Bolte, Sage ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BETTY AND GUY BEATTY CENTER FOR INTEGRATED RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dying; End of life; Intimacy; Relationships; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349642253     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: 15456854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/34.3.223     Document Type: Article

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