Educators' ambivalence and managing anxiety in providing sex education for people with learning disabilities

Psychodynamic Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-182

  Rohleder, Poul ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV; Learning disabilities; Psychodynamic; Psychosocial; Sex education; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953854160     PISSN: 14753634     EISSN: 14753626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14753631003688100     Document Type: Article

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