Who helps older adults with sexual problems? Confidants versus physicians

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 66 B, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-118

  Hirayama, Ryo ^a   Walker, Alexis J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Sexual health; Social relationships; Symbolic interactionism

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX COUNSELING; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79951981373     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbq021     Document Type: Review

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