Talking about sex after cancer: A discourse analytic study of health care professional accounts of sexual communication with patients

• Published in: Psychology & health Vol. 28; no. 12; pp. 1370 - 1390
• Main Authors: Ussher, Jane M., Perz, Janette, Gilbert, Emilee, Wong, W.K. Tim, Mason, Catherine, Hobbs, Kim, Kirsten, Laura
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Routledge 01.12.2013; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Attitude of Health Personnel; Australia; Cancer; Clinical Competence; Communication; discourse analysis; Female; Health care; health care professional; Health Personnel - psychology; Health Services Needs and Demand; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms - complications; Neoplasms - psychology; Neoplasms - therapy; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data; Professional-Patient Relations; Qualitative Research; Self Efficacy; Sex education; Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological - etiology; Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological - psychology; Sexual Partners - psychology; Sexuality; Social Support; Australia

There is consistent evidence that health care professionals (hcps) are not addressing the sexual information and support needs of people with cancer. Thirty-eight Australian hcps across a range of professions working in cancer care were interviewed, to examine constructions of sexuality post-cancer,...