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Intimacy: Health Status and Social Change

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Partnerschaft und Sexualität im Alter

Part of the book series: Internationale Kasseler Gerontologische Gespräche ((GERONT.GESPR.,volume 1))

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Intimacy1) and sexual actiyity are two of several human needs and drives that can be considered separately or together. There are individual differences in intensity and persistence of such drives that fluctuate and change throughout the life span. The drives are influenced by biological development, age, disease and disability, and the physical-social environment.

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  1. North Carolina Institute of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, USA

    Prof. Dr. E. W. Busse (Dean Emeritus)

  2. Duke University Medical Center, Box 2948, Durham, North Carolina, 27710, USA

    Prof. Dr. E. W. Busse (Dean Emeritus)

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  1. Fachbereich Sozialwesen, Gesamthochschule Kassel, Arnold-Bode-Straße 10, 3500, Kassel, Deutschland

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Busse, E.W. (1991). Intimacy: Health Status and Social Change. In: Karl, F., Friedrich, I. (eds) Partnerschaft und Sexualität im Alter. Internationale Kasseler Gerontologische Gespräche, vol 1. Steinkopff. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85417-0_3

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