Abstract
Incontinence may be urinary (connected with the bladder) or faecal (connected with the bowels). Urinary incontinence is by far the most common. It may be helpful to describe the workings of the bladder and the way in which control is acquired in early life.
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Mandelstam, D. (1989). Urinary incontinence. In: Understanding Incontinence. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7092-3_2
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