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Sexual health

Critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning for advanced clinical practitioners in sexual health

As highlighted in the previous article (McPhillips and Wood, 2022) consent is critical when pursuing any sexual health examination and/or investigation. It may be given either orally, in writing or...

Understanding female sexual dysfunction, its causes and treatments

To fully understand how sexual difficulties arise it is useful to consider the physiology of the sexual response cycle. In the 1960s the pioneers in this field were William Masters and Virginia...

The effects of ageing on female genital and sexual health

‘Even the most liberated knew little of the facts of life and most held to strong superstitions.’ .

Sexual function after stoma formation in women with colorectal cancer

‘Sexual health is a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality; it is not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity. Sexual health requires a...

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