Open AccessViews and attitudes towards sexual functioning in men living with spinal cord injury in Kerala, south India
Author(s) -
MM Sunilkumar,
Patricia Boston,
Rajagopal Rajagopal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.150158
Subject(s) - spouse , distress , medicine , sexual dysfunction , thematic analysis , qualitative research , coping (psychology) , clinical psychology , psychology , psychiatry , social science , sociology , anthropology
Sexual dysfunction is a major concern for Indian men living with a spinal cord injury. Few first-hand reports exist about the experience of living with an altered sense of sexual identity and the inability to express sexual concerns.