Sexuality and consumers of mental health services: The impact of gender and boundary issues

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 170-176

  Quinn, Chris ^a   Happell, Brenda ^a   Browne, Graeme ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Gold Coast Health Service District   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; SAFETY; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COERCION; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUEENSLAND; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952176458     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2010.531518     Document Type: Article

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