UPC: 9783030362218 | Trends in Andrology and Sexual Medicine: Cultural Differences and the Practice of Sexual Medicine: A Guide for Sexual Health Practitioners (Hardcover)

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The aim of this book is twofold: to promote an awareness of cultural differences in connection with sexual medicine among health care providers and to demonstrate how such differences are relevant to the care and treatment of patients with sexual issues. Individual sexuality represents the cumulative effects of biological psychological and cultural influences. Yet much of the study of sexuality–including issues ranging from sexual identity to sexual response–has been conducted through a Western lens. Although a substantial body of work in anthropology has taken up the study of human sexuality from a cross-cultural perspective two points are notable. First this work seldom crosses the desks of medical and psychological health practitioners and second the relevance of specific cultural differences is rarely apparent to the typical sexual health practitioner. To address this situation this book adopts a global perspective focusing on how cultural practices and values can impact health care treatment and outcomes. In this regard it covers three broad domains: Sexual Identity and Orientation; Sexual Response and Dysfunction; and Sexual Diversity. Each chapter consists of two parts: a general description of the relevant issues and a discussion of how these issues can be relevant to clinical practice. The book offers a valuable practical tool for specialists in sexual medicine and sexual psychology for sexual healthcare givers and for sexological researchers who want to better serve their patients by developing an awareness of and sensitivity to cultural differences and by providing a framework for dealing with issues of sexuality and sexual health that takes cultural values into consideration while adhering to best practices in patient care.