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Cross Cultural Research: Opportunities and Strategies for Discovery

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Cultural Differences and the Practice of Sexual Medicine

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Abstract

Although cross-cultural research is currently being conducted in many countries, on many subcultures, and by many research groups, much of this research either is not visible to the practitioner or does not specifically inform the practitioner as to how it might affect healthcare provider–client interactions. We argue for the need to include culturally relevant variables in standard research protocols, delineating research that addresses the healthcare experiences of cultural subsets from research designed to understand basic issues, attitudes, and differences within those cultural subsets. Finally, we offer ways in which various types of research investigations might be implemented within clinic settings and through various kinds of international collaborations.

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    This situation is further complicated by the fact that the mind itself has an autonomous character, capable of working with and manipulating internal stimuli and developing internal responses, which may not necessarily be externalized (think of a sexual fantasy leading to the feeling of being psychologically aroused but with no evident physical response)

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  1. Department of Psychology, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, USA

    David L. Rowland

  2. Faculty of General Medicine, Carola Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania

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Rowland, D.L., Motofei, I. (2020). Cross Cultural Research: Opportunities and Strategies for Discovery. In: Rowland, D., Jannini, E. (eds) Cultural Differences and the Practice of Sexual Medicine. Trends in Andrology and Sexual Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36222-5_19

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