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Elena Ratner Encourages Providers to Discuss Sexual Health with Patients
Author(s)Elena Ratner, MD
Elena Ratner, MD, of the Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven stresses the importance of bringing up intimacy and sexuality issues with patients.
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Elena Ratner, MD, of the Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven stresses the importance of bringing up intimacy and sexuality issues with patients who have gynecologic or other cancers.
She advocates the use of a private questionnaire that patients can answer or even just an open question from the provider, such as "Is there anything you'd like to discuss about your intimacy or sexual life?"
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