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Occupational therapy's health care delivery is concerned in returning patients to as high a level of performance as possible in their activities of daily living. Occupational therapists' efforts, therefore, are concerted toward the patients' ability to successfully resume their various roles. Patients are assisted in managing their household, clothing, bathroom and bed activities, etc. This paper indicates that occupational therapists should also look into the patients' management of sexual activities in the resumption of their sexual roles. It presents the need for the patients' sexual function to be evaluated and dealt with as a legitimate part of the occupational therapy service. Thus, a conceptual treatment model is described in order that occupational therapy may assist patients in resolving, or adapting to, their sexual dysfunction.
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Andamo, E.M. Treatment model: Occupational therapy for sexual dysfunction. Sex Disabil 3, 26–38 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01102600
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