Sexuality and illness : a guidebook for health professionals / Anne Katz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Katz, Anne (Anne Jennifer), 1958- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mentally ill--Sexual behavior.

Mentally ill.

Sex.

Intimacy (Psychology).

Sexual Behavior.

sexuality.

Medical Subjects:

Sexual Behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st.

Place of Publication:

London; New York : Routledge, 2022.

Summary:

"This evidence-based guide educates and informs health professionals about promoting sexual wellbeing in the context of challenges from physical and mental health. This accessible text demystifies a topic that is sometimes difficult to discuss. It is essential reading for healthcare practitioners interested in providing comprehensive and person-centred care"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

List of boxes

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Our understanding of human sexuality in the 21st century

Chapter 3 Communicating about sexuality with patients

Chapter 4 Sexuality across the lifespan from adolescence to old age

Chapter 5 How medical conditions affect sexuality and sexual functioning

Chapter 6 How mental illness affects sexuality

Chapter 7 Trauma and sexual dysfunction

Chapter 8 Disability and sexuality

Chapter 9 Cancer in women

Chapter 10 Cancer in men

Chapter 11 Adolescents and young adults with cancer

Chapter 12 Sexuality and infertility

Chapter 13 Interventions to treat sexual dysfunction in men

Chapter 14 Interventions to treat sexual dysfunction in women

Index.

Notes:

<P>1.Introduction 2.Our understanding of human sexuality in the 21<SUP>st</SUP> Century 3.Communicating about sexuality with patients 4.Sexuality across the lifespan from adolescence to old age 5.How medical conditions affect sexuality and sexual functioning 6.How mental illness affects sexuality 7.Trauma and sexual dysfunction 8.Disability and sexuality 9.Cancer in women 10.Cancer in men 11.Adolescents and young adults with cancer 12.Sexuality and infertility 13.Interventions to treat sexual dysfunction in men 14.Interventions to treat sexual dysfunction in women</P>

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

1-00-314574-4

1-000-43201-7

1-003-14574-4

1-000-43200-9

9781003145745

OCLC:

1276795292