Publisher's Synopsis
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.
