Women and men with intellectual disabilities who sell or trade sex: Voices from the professionals

Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 129-149

  Kuosmanen, Jari ^a   Starke, Mikaela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Intellectual disability; Professional organizations; Prostitution; Selling and exchanging sexual services; Social work profession and disability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

CONSUMER ADVOCACY; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79961226239     PISSN: 1536710X     EISSN: 15367118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1536710X.2011.596424     Document Type: Article

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