Intimacy in Later Life

by Graham Fennell and Kate Davidson

Book Overview

To love and be loved is arguably one of the most powerful and fundamental driving forces sustaining self-esteem and self-identity throughout the life course. Need for reciprocal loving does not change as we grow older, despite failures of health, loss of a partner, late divorce, and alterations of personality due to the aging process. However, most studies of human sexuality have ignored the problems and developing patterns of older adults entering...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076580557X
• ISBN13: 9780765805577
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"