Psychosexual awareness in everyday nursing.
Using real life examples, this article shows how nurses, midwives and other professional carers can help patients to communicate about the way sexual feelings are affected by illness, childbirth and hospitalisation. Nurses need to special knowledge, the author argues, but need to develop confidence in their own ability to listen and respond.
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D000328:Adult; D001364:Awareness; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012723:Sex