Sexuality and women with learning disabilities / / Michelle McCarthy ; foreword by Hilary Brown

• Autore: McCarthy Michelle <1962->
• Pubblicazione: London, : Jessica Kingsley, 1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.7087
• Soggetto topico: Learning disabled women - Sexual behavior - United States; Learning disabled women - Services for - United States; Sexual harassment of women - United States; Sex instruction for the learning disabled - United States
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER -- Sexuality and Women with Learning Disabilities -- Contents -- ATHOUR'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- AUTHOR'S NOTE -- FOREWORD by Hilary Brown -- INDTRODUCTION -- 1 Perspectives on Sexuality and Sexual Violence -- 2 Learning Disability - Ideologies and Sexuality -- 3 Asking the Right Questions: Research Methodology and Methods -- 4 The Sexual Lives of Women with Learning Disabilities: Research Findings -- 5 What Does It All Mean?: Analysis and Discussion -- 6 The Way Forward: Policy and Practice Recommendations -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: INTERVIEW QUESTIONS -- SUBJECT INDEX -- AUTHOR INDEX.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this study of women learning disabilities, Michelle McCarthy investigates how these women experience their sexual lives, basing her research on interviews with the women themselves. She argues the importance of informing the work of those responsible at research, practice and policy levels with the voices of people with learning disabilities.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sexuality and women with learning disabilities
• ISBN: 1-280-55137-2; 9786610551378; 1-84642-215-9; 0-585-19348-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813000903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II