title: [The institutional policy concerning sexuality: the necessary transformation of the sexology paradigm].
abstract: An increasing number of hospitals and rehabilitation centres include sexuality in their mandate. Some of these establishments have developed a policy in this matter or would like to. Based on a study of recorded policies, the author discusses various aspects of these policies, including legitimacy, necessity, content and implementation. Most policies under study are built around the notion that sexuality is a problem. The policy is therefore designed as an instrument for normalization and social control. The author proposes another paradigm: that which envisions sexuality positively by emphasizing the need to improve one's quality of sex life. As a result, policies would be more attuned to the meaning of sexuality rather than to sexual norms and rules. The author argues that such a concept widens the scope of institutional policy, from sexuality-as-a-problem to sexuality-as-a-health-issue.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dupras
mesh_terms: D006291:Health Policy; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D012723:Sex; D012926:Social Control, Formal
vernacular_title: La politique institutionnelle en matière de sexualité: la nécessaire transformation du paradigme sexologique.