Sexual Medicine is a speciality of Modern Medicine (Allopathy / English Medicine) dealing with the sexual Health
Sexual Health is defined by WHO as
Sexual health is the integration of the somatic, emotional, intellectual, and social aspects of sexual being, in ways that are positively enriching and that enhance personality, communication, and love.
Fundamental to this concept are the right to sexual information and the right to pleasure.
According to Mace, Bannerman & Burton, the concept of sexual health includes three basic elements:
1. a capacity to enjoy and control sexual and reproductive behaviour in accordance with a social and personal ethic,
2. freedom from fear, shame, guilt, false beliefs, and other psychological factors inhibiting sexual response and impairing sexual relationship,
3. freedom from organic disorders, diseases, and deficiencies that interfere with sexual and reproductive functions.
Thus the notion of sexual health implies a positive approach to human sexuality, and the purpose of sexual health care should be the enhancement of life and personal relationships and not merely counselling and care related to procreation or sexuality transmitted diseases.
Sexual Health is defined by WHO as
Sexual health is the integration of the somatic, emotional, intellectual, and social aspects of sexual being, in ways that are positively enriching and that enhance personality, communication, and love.
Fundamental to this concept are the right to sexual information and the right to pleasure.
According to Mace, Bannerman & Burton, the concept of sexual health includes three basic elements:
1. a capacity to enjoy and control sexual and reproductive behaviour in accordance with a social and personal ethic,
2. freedom from fear, shame, guilt, false beliefs, and other psychological factors inhibiting sexual response and impairing sexual relationship,
3. freedom from organic disorders, diseases, and deficiencies that interfere with sexual and reproductive functions.
Thus the notion of sexual health implies a positive approach to human sexuality, and the purpose of sexual health care should be the enhancement of life and personal relationships and not merely counselling and care related to procreation or sexuality transmitted diseases.
