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Sexuality and perception of the body in palliative care

Severe illness affects and destroys self-respect, withouth matter how the person is self-confident. A look at the mirror shows someone who has a different body shape, with a different color of skin, with too many clothes, someone who is generally unwanted. The patient's body is changed due to the effects of illness and therapy. A person can become depressed and socially isolated. Expressing sexuality can be one of these worries. The patient and the partner very often conclude that this aspect of their life is over if it is not observed by healthcare professionals. The assumption is that health professionals likely could be a potential problem because of insufficient knowledge and assistance. Researches often mention that the reactions of nurses not our business The question is u VVho other could provide relevant information to the patient Considering the nature of the nurse's job - often perform intimate tasks as bathing and helping to perform physiological needs, nurses are closest to a patient who needs to talk about the subject of sexuality. Communication about sexuality can be difficult for medical staff, as they say: lack time, maybe they do not know how to start a conversation, sometimes they feel that they do not know enough about sexuality or lack the answers on patients questions. Health professionals also personally and professionally struggle to accept severely ill and elderly people as sex beings. A nurse needs the knowledge to create a chance for the patients and their partners for expressing their concerns about sexuality, and this is achieved through communication skills, empathy, and diplomacy. It is important for a patient who is dying to use the rest of life in the best possible way, and for his partner is important to give the opportunity to keep his memories.

sexuality, body appearance, palliative care, nurse

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