Overview

The first book to comprehensively discuss treatment of handicapped persons of all sexual orientations, Sexual Rehabilitation of the Spinal-Cord-Injured Patient is a practical guide to the management of every type of sexual dysfunction arising from spinal cord injury. Chapters highlight the state-of-the-art in male and female sexual neurophysiology, covering virtually every aspect of diagnosis, management, and coping strategies, including: medical and surgical management of impotence and infertility sexual-urinary bionic prostheses complications of pregnancy divorce prevention counseling psychiatric evaluation and treatment cultural and religious perspectives homosexuality/transsexuality holistic massage adoption sexual surrogates sexopharmacology erection and orgasmic pacemakers space sexology future research biosexual engineering. A special feature of the book is a list of international sexual referral centers at which patients anywhere in the world may seek appropriate care and assistance. Sexual Rehabilitation of the Spinal-Cord-Injured Patient's unique focus is on the psychoemotional aspects of sexuality, reminding the reader that sexuality - one of the most intense human emotions - should not be denied the handicapped.

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Author:   J. F. J. Leyson
Publisher:   Humana Press Inc.
Imprint:   Humana Press Inc.
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   2.160kg
ISBN:  

9780896031456

ISBN 10:   0896031454
Pages:   560
Publication Date:   04 February 1991
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Historical and Sociocultural Perspectives in Human Sexuality.- Cross-Cultural and Religious Perspectives.- Female Sexuality.- Male Sexuality.- Sexuality and Urology.- Sexuality and the Adolescent.- Psychological Assessment and Therapy for the Spinal-Cord-Injured Patient.- Pastoral Approaches to Sexual Dysfunctions.- Psychiatric Evaluation and Treatment Formats.- Desire Dysfunctions.- Diagnosis of Sexual Dysfunction in Spinal-Cord-Injured Women.- Management of Sexual Dysfunction in Spinally Injured Women.- Holistic Massage.- Reproductive Aspects of Spinal Cord Injury in Females.- Spinal-Cord-Injured Women: Pregnancy, Delivery, and Sexual Behaviors.- Recommendations for Sexual Precautions During and After Pregnancy.- Diagnosis of Erectile Dysfunction.- Neuroendocrine Evaluation and Management of Erectile Dysfunction.- Sexual Harmony Despite Impotence.- Surgical Treatment of Impotence: Prostheses for Sexual Enhancement.- Surgical Treatment of Impotence: Therapeutic Options and Prostheses for Sexo-Urological Comfort.- Ejaculatory Dysfunction.- Infertility Evaluation and Management After Spinal-Cord Injury.- Sociosexual and Marital Relationships.- Salvaging One’s Sexuality: The Patient’s Viewpoint.- The Forgotten Others: Partners of the Spinal-Cord-Injured.- Male Homosexuality and Other Varieties of Sexual Lifestyles.- Female Homosexuality.- Diabetes Mellitus and Other Metabolic Disorders.- Renal Disease and Sexual Dysfunction.- Sexual Rehabilitation of Patients with Brain Damage and Spinal-Cord Injury.- Sexual Functions in Respirator-Dependent Quadriplegics.- Sexual Surrogation for the SCI Patient: A New Sex Therapy Alternative.- Pharmacosexology: Sexual Side Effects of Medications and Other Drugs.- Controversies and Research in Female Sexuality.- Controversies andResearch in Male Sexuality.

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