Thoughts on Sexual Health

Beyond “Sicko”— Thoughts on Health System Reform

CAPLAN: I know of no evidence that the citizens of nations with universal coverage “overutilize” health care services. Some of these systems tightly regulate access to specialty care by requiring referrals from primary care physicians, so they use gate-keeping to discourage overuse. Others strictly control expenditures on high technology and on expensive drugs; you can’t overutilize resources t...

the effect of sexual health education on sexual health principles

background: sexual health education is one the fundamentals of health promotion. the aim of this study was to determine the effects of sexual health education on observing sexual health principles among women referred to health centers of hamedan.   methods : this study was a quasi- experimental one which was carried out on 225 women referred to health centers of hamedan as one pre-test post-te...

Thoughts from Scotland on the challenge of equitable health improvement.

On Health Justice. Some Thoughts and Responses to Critics

It is with enormous gratitude that I begin this response to the six articles evaluating, critiquing, and proposing improvements to different aspects of the argument I presented in Health Justice. I am extremely grateful to the guest editors of this collection of articles, namely Alena Buyx, Eszter Kollar, and Sebastian Lauk€ otter. And, I must also thank the authors, the anonymous peer reviewer...

Sexual Dysfunction in an Adult Female with Obsessive Sexual Thoughts: a Case Report

We report a case of an adult married Muslim female from an orthodox background having sexual obsessions about males other than her husband and her 7 year-old son. She developed diminished sexual desire to have sex with her husband as a result of her obsessions. The role of sexual obsessions in sexual dysfunction in females is discussed.