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ArticleJournal of palliative medicine2025

Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Addressing Patient Sexuality and Intimacy in Serious Illness.

Danielle Chammas, Alan W Shindel, Tami Serene Rowen, Karen Schanche, Daniela Wittmann, Daniel Shalev, Johanna D'Addario, Renee Wisniewski, Teddy Scheel, Christian J Nelson and 3 more

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Article in Journal of palliative medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Danielle ChammasDepartment of Medicine, Division of Palliative Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Alan W ShindelDepartment of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Tami Serene RowenDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Karen SchancheDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Daniela WittmannDepartment of Urology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Daniel ShalevDivision of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8168-2255
Johanna D'AddarioDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Renee WisniewskiSupportive Care Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
Teddy ScheelDepartment of Oncology Social Work, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-8992-0420
Christian J NelsonDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
Elena S RatnerDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
William E RosaDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0680-8911
Michael W RabowDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI SELWYN M VICKERS · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patient sexuality and intimacy comprise important dimensions of quality of life (QOL), making them essential topics for palliative care (PC) clinicians to address. Created with interprofessional input from PC, urology, gynecology, sexual health, oncology, psychiatry, psychology, nursing, and social work, this article offers 10 high-yield, evidence-based tips to better equip PC clinicians to address sexuality and intimacy for patients with serious illness. These tips highlight skills such as opening discussions, assessing concerns through a biopsychosocial model, and thinking through appropriate interventions to improve QOL.

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Critical IllnessPalliative CareQuality of LifeSexualityFemaleHumansMaleintimacypalliative careprovider–patient communicationserious illnesssexual dysfunction

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PMID39588705
PMCPMC12677212

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