Clinical Perspectives on Elderly Sexuality

by Jennifer L. Hillman

Book Overview

Throughout my clinical training and practice, I have been surprised by the number of times that sexual issues have emerged as an unexpectedly central feature in my work with older adults. I can vividly remember my own internal reaction on hearing one of my elderly female patients tell me that she was date raped a few years after the death of her elderly husband-when she was 68 years old. I can see in my mind's eye the blood splattered on the floor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441933387
• ISBN13: 9781441933386
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"