Sex, Dementia, Capacity and Care Homes

Liverpool Law Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-154

  Bartlett, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacity and sexual conduct; Care homes; Dementia; Senior Citizens' homes; Sexual expression and human rights; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649707798     PISSN: 0144932X     EISSN: 15728625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10991-010-9077-6     Document Type: Article

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