Senior sex: exploring the sex lives of older adults.(Sexuality, Sexual Health, and Ageing)(Book review)

The Journal of Sex Research | August 1, 2006| | Copyright

Sexuality, Sexual Health, and Ageing. By Merryn Gott. New York, NY: Open University Press, 2005, 149 pages. Paper, $36.95.

Increasingly, people in industrial nations are living longer, maintaining their health into ages previously thought unattainable. Due to the rapid increase in aging in the past fifty years, relatively little research has been conducted on sexuality, health, and aging. Sexuality, Sexual Health and Ageing is part of the Rethinking Ageing series and was written to address what is known about sexuality and aging, along with the policy and practice ...

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