Journal of Health Inequalities

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1/2017 vol. 3
Review paper

Sexual problems in disabled people – some key issues

  1. Clinic of Gynecology of Department of Perinatology and Gynecology, Division of Developmental Gynecology and Sexuology of Department of Perinatology and Gynecology, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
  2. Higher Vocational State School in Kalisz, Poland
  3. Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
J Health Inequal 2017; 3 (1): 106–108
Online publish date: 2017/06/30
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Many disabled persons have to face a hostile environment towards them whenever expressing their sexuality. They find it difficult to receive the healthcare they need for their underlying illness, when combined with sexual problems, due to a lack of experienced doctors and other healthcare staff in such matters. Upon consulting with their gynaecologists about fulfilling their sexual life, disabled women do not always receive satisfactory help, including those who have been victims of sexual abuse, often in childhood, and who in consequence are particularly vulnerable.
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