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Chapter 30 - Sexual Dysfunction across Cultures

from Section 4 - Theoretical Aspects of Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2018

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Dinesh Bhugra ,
Antonio Ventriglio  and
Gurvinder Kalra
Edited by
Dinesh Bhugra  and
Kamaldeep Bhui
Dinesh Bhugra
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
Kamaldeep Bhui
Affiliation:
Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry
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Textbook of Cultural Psychiatry , pp. 393 - 407
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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