Breaking the Ice of Erectile Dysfunction Taboo: A Focus on Clinician–Patient Communication

Erectile dysfunction is a common yet complex problem facing men and their partners worldwide. It continues to be an under reported issue despites its high prevalence and negative impact as well as the availability of successful treatment. One of the main reasons for such a problem is the stigma surr...

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Autor principal: Al-Shaiji, Tariq F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2022
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8808006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35128040
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23743735221077512
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description Erectile dysfunction is a common yet complex problem facing men and their partners worldwide. It continues to be an under reported issue despites its high prevalence and negative impact as well as the availability of successful treatment. One of the main reasons for such a problem is the stigma surrounding it as a complaint and the deep-seated fear to discuss it. This paper aims to highlight the reasons behind the taboo and dilemma behind erectile dysfunction reporting and discusses means to overcome this stigma focusing on clinician–patient communication.
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spelling pubmed-88080062022-02-03 Breaking the Ice of Erectile Dysfunction Taboo: A Focus on Clinician–Patient Communication Al-Shaiji, Tariq F. J Patient Exp Research Article Erectile dysfunction is a common yet complex problem facing men and their partners worldwide. It continues to be an under reported issue despites its high prevalence and negative impact as well as the availability of successful treatment. One of the main reasons for such a problem is the stigma surrounding it as a complaint and the deep-seated fear to discuss it. This paper aims to highlight the reasons behind the taboo and dilemma behind erectile dysfunction reporting and discusses means to overcome this stigma focusing on clinician–patient communication. SAGE Publications 2022-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8808006/ /pubmed/35128040 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23743735221077512 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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