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This paper focuses on the issues of inappropriate sexual comments and behaviors directed at a female student in a hospital environment. Through a discussion of case reports, the paper explores the difficulties faced by female students addressing sexual responses by patients with dementia. To further complicate the emotional difficulties of students, these issues are typically difficult and uncomfortable to explore in clinical supervision. The paper concludes with some examples of how female students can be supported and prepared to work with this difficult patient population.
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Mayers, K.S. Inappropriate Social and Sexual Responses to a Female Student by Male Patients with Dementia and Organic Brain Disorder. Sexuality and Disability 18, 143–147 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005571131350
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