Sexual satisfaction in dementia: Perspectives of patients and spouses

Sexuality and Disability

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 195-203

  Dourado, Marcia ^a,b   Finamore, Claudia ^a   Barroso, Maria Fernanda ^a   Santos, Raquel ^a   Laks, Jerson ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Brazil (FAPERJ)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Brazil; Dementia; Disabled persons; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAREGIVER BURDEN; DEMENTIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTURBATION; PERCEPTION; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SPOUSE;

EID: 77955709650     PISSN: 01461044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11195-010-9165-5     Document Type: Article

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