Effect of Home Care Service on the Sexual Satisfaction of Patients with Gynecologic Cancer

Sexuality and Disability

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 243-252

  Aktaş, Demet ^a   Terzioğlu, Füsun ^b  

^a TURGUT OZAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gynecological cancer; Home care service; Sexual health; Sexual satisfaction; Sexuality assessment; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939876499     PISSN: 01461044     EISSN: 15736717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11195-014-9370-8     Document Type: Article

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