2024
Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Addressing Patient Sexuality and Intimacy in Serious Illness
Chammas D, Shindel A, Rowen T, Schanche K, Wittmann D, Shalev D, D’Addario J, Wisniewski R, Scheel T, Nelson C, Ratner E, Rosa W, Rabow M. Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Addressing Patient Sexuality and Intimacy in Serious Illness. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2024 PMID: 39588705, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2024.0451.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPalliative careQuality of lifePatients' sexualityDimensions of quality of lifePalliative care cliniciansEvidence-based tipsImprove quality of lifeCare cliniciansBiopsychosocial modelSerious illnessSexual healthOpen discussionSocial workIllnessCliniciansNursesCareIntimacySexualityHealthInterventionPatientsOncologyPsychiatryGynecology
2021
Benefits of a Multidisciplinary Women’s Sexual Health Clinic in the Management of Sexual and Menopausal Symptoms After Pelvic Radiotherapy
Li JY, D’Addario J, Tymon-Rosario J, Menderes G, Young MR, Johung K, Ratner E, Minkin MJ, Damast S. Benefits of a Multidisciplinary Women’s Sexual Health Clinic in the Management of Sexual and Menopausal Symptoms After Pelvic Radiotherapy. American Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 44: 143-149. PMID: 33755031, DOI: 10.1097/coc.0000000000000800.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBrachytherapyCombined Modality TherapyDyspareuniaFemaleGenital Neoplasms, FemaleHumansInterdisciplinary CommunicationMenopauseMiddle AgedPatient SatisfactionPelvisRadiation InjuriesRadiotherapyRectal NeoplasmsRetrospective StudiesSexual Dysfunction, PhysiologicalSexual HealthTreatment OutcomeVaginal DiseasesWomen's Health ServicesConceptsPelvic radiotherapySexual health clinicsMenopausal symptomsPersistent menopausal symptomsSystemic hormone therapyFemale cancer patientsPatterns of careDilator therapyVaginal estrogenGastrointestinal malignanciesHormone therapyVaginal drynessMedian ageMultidisciplinary careRetrospective reviewFemale patientsTreatment patternsCancer patientsPatient satisfactionSexual symptomsTestosterone creamVaginal lubricantsHealth clinicsSTATA 13.1Patients