Psychosexual needs and sexual behaviors of nursing care home residents

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-38

  Mroczek, Bozena ^a   Kurpas, Donata ^b,c   Gronowska, Małgorzata ^a   Kotwas, Artur ^a   Karakiewicz, Beata ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c OPOLE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Poland)

Author keywords

Nursing care home; Older people; Psychosexual needs; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COITUS; COMPREHENSION; CONVERSATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MALE; MASTURBATION; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PERSONAL NEEDS; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PSYCHOSEXUAL NEEDS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; STEREOTYPY; TELEVISION VIEWING; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84876475822     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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