Sexual behaviour and its medicalisation: in sickness and in health.
Graham Hart;
Kaye Wellings ;
(2002)
Sexual behaviour and its medicalisation: in sickness and in health.
BMJ, 324 (7342).
pp. 896-900.
ISSN 1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.896
Religion used to define morally acceptable conduct, then doctors became interested in sexual behaviour. Now we live in a world where celibacy is the new deviance, and surgery and drugs are used to enhance sexual pleasure. Graham Hart and Kaye Wellings reflect on the extent and consequences of the medicalisation of sexual behaviour.
Item Type | Article |
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Keywords | Dysfunction, Adult, Aged, Attitude, Coitus, Female, Human, Life Style, Male, Middle Age, Sex Behavior, Sexual Abstinence, Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological, Sexuality, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, prevention & control |
ISI | 175052200028 |
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- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1122837 (OA Location)
- 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.896 (DOI)
- 11950742 (PubMed)
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