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Sexual Rehabilitation of the Spinal-Cord-Injured Patient pp 115–130Cite as

Desire Dysfunctions

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Upon first regaining consciousness or a clear understanding of the extent to which a spinal cord trauma has damaged the body, the injured are full of queries about three basic areas of their lives: physical survival and limitation; economic capability; and sexual functioning. The sexual concern centers on several important questions:

  1. 1.

    “Can I still satisfy my partner?”

  2. 2.

    “Can/be satisfied sexually?”

  3. 3.

    “Will I still be desirable?”

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  1. Deaconness Medical Center, St. Louis, MO

    Beverly Hotchner PhD, ACS, AASECT

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  1. Spinal Cord Injury Service, VA Medical Center, East Orange, New Jersey

    Jose Florante J. Leyson (Director, Clinical Chief, Chief of Surgery) (Director, Clinical Chief, Chief of Surgery)

  2. 322nd US Army General Hospital, Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, New Jersey

    Jose Florante J. Leyson (Director, Clinical Chief, Chief of Surgery) (Director, Clinical Chief, Chief of Surgery)

  3. Centerfor Sexual Dysfunctions and Neurourology, VA Medical Center, East Orange, New Jersey

    Jose Florante J. Leyson (Director, Clinical Chief, Chief of Surgery) (Director, Clinical Chief, Chief of Surgery)

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Hotchner, B. (1991). Desire Dysfunctions. In: Leyson, J.F.J. (eds) Sexual Rehabilitation of the Spinal-Cord-Injured Patient. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0467-1_10

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