A kiss is still a kiss?:The construction of sexuality in dementia care

Dementia

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-72

  Ward, Richard ^a   Vass, Antony Andreas ^b   Aggarwal, Neeru ^b   Garfield, Cydonie ^c   Cybyk, Beau ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Jewish Care   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aging; care work; gender; homosexuality; residential care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993709993     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301205049190     Document Type: Article

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