Sexual Function in People with Disability and Chronic Illness: A Health Professional's Guide. (Book Reviews)

Archives of Sexual Behavior,  October, 2002  by Diane L. Morrissette

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Sexual Function in People With Disability and Chronic Illness: A Health Professional's Guide. Edited by Marca L. Sipski and Craig J Alexander. Aspen Publishers, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, 1997, 651 pp., $68.00.

Diane L. Morrissette (2)

Understanding human sexual functioning from a biopsychosocial perspective is complex, but add to that mix a chronic illness or disability, and it's an even greater challenge. To help understand these complexities, there was Schover and Jensen's (1988) excellent book. Now we can also turn to Sipski and Alexander's edited volume, which contains 29 chapters by 39 contributors, as an important resource for sexuality ...