Sex workers talk about sex work: Six contradictory characteristics of legalised sex work in Melbourne, Australia

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-100

  Begum, Sufia ^a   Hocking, Jane S ^a   Groves, Jan ^b   Fairley, Christopher K ^a   Keogh, Louise A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Inner South Community Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; job satisfaction; sex work; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; LEGAL ASPECT; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSTITUTION; SEX WORKERS; VICTORIA;

EID: 84871107186     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.743187     Document Type: Article

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