Volume 3, Number 2, March 2009

Sexual relationships, breathlessness and the respiratory patient
Jane Scullion

The rising incidence of a range of respiratory disorders means an increasing emphasis on treatment, management and care. Although some respiratory diseases are acute, many are chronic, bringing with them a burden of morbidity affecting patients in many areas of everyday life. One area of concern for patients may be sexual functioning so somewhere in the process of management and care the practice nurse may need to address the issues of sexuality (Petty 1986, Kaptein et al. 2008).

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