Sex and disability are not mutally exclusive. Evaluation and management

West J Med. 1991 May;154(5):560-3.

Abstract

Managing sexual problems in persons with disabilities is a team effort. Physicians have three special roles; identifying problems that are sexual; assessing these problems; and providing psychological, pharmacologic, or surgical treatment methods in the context of the patients' rehabilitation programs.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Disabled Persons*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Medical History Taking
  • Physical Examination
  • Sex Counseling
  • Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / diagnosis
  • Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / rehabilitation
  • Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / therapy*