What is it about?
Sexual health is a sensitive topic, where ethical considerations needs to be taken. Sexual health is a novel topic in physiotherapy and this article explores how the professional ethical guidelines of physitotherapy and the world declaration of sexual rights can be used in clinical practice.
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Why is it important?
Sexual health is insufficiently addressed in healthcare and rehabilitation causing risk of decreased sexual and general health. Physiotherapy is a holistic profession aiming at optimizing health and therefore sexual health needs to be addressed by physiotherapists in an appropriate way.
Perspectives
This publication came about due to my clinical physiotherapy experience, where patients expressed sexual health concerns. some of the concerns were easy to address, while others demanded ethical reflections and created ethical questions, despite the professional ethical guidelines, especially when also reflecting upon the sexual rights.
Kristina Areskoug-Josefsson
Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University
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This page is a summary of: Ethics and sexual health: Exploration of the ethical code of conduct for physiotherapists concerning sexual health in clinical practice, Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, May 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/09593985.2018.1470209.
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