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Female Sexual Function and Dysfunction

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Editors:
  1. Elisabetta Costantini

    1. Department of Urology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

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  2. Donata Villari

    1. Department of Urology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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  3. Maria Teresa Filocamo

    1. SS Annunziata Hospital, Savigliano, Italy

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  • Offers a new perspective on female sexuality from female specialists in the field

  • Explains the impacts of diverse diseases and conditions on sexual function

  • Discusses the effects of the aging process, pregnancy, and childbirth

  • Assists in care provision and self-help

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Sociocultural Considerations

    • Donata Villari
    Pages 1-5

  3. Anatomical and Physiological Description of Women’s Sexuality

    • Serena Maruccia, Angela Maurizi
    Pages 7-25

  4. Female Sexuality: A State of Mind

    • Linda Vignozzi
    Pages 27-32

  5. Evaluation Systems of Female Sexual Function

    • Maria Teresa Filocamo, Nadine Di Donato
    Pages 33-45

  6. Becoming a Woman: When and Why Gender Dysphoria May Challenge the Basic Steps of Women’s Sexual Identity

    • Alessandra Graziottin
    Pages 47-62

  7. Endometriosis and Sexuality

    • Nadine Di Donato, Renato Seracchioli
    Pages 63-77

  8. POP and Impact of Surgery on Female Sexual Life

    • Montserrat Espuña Pons, Franca Natale, Elisabetta Costantini
    Pages 79-87

  9. Urinary Incontinence and Mid-urethral Slings: Which Is the Impact on Female Sexual Life?

    • Elisabetta Costantini
    Pages 89-94

  10. Female Sexual Life During Malignancies

    • Donata Villari
    Pages 95-105

  11. Sexuality in Couples with Reproductive Difficulties

    • Lucia Alves Silva Lara
    Pages 107-122

  12. Sexuality After Abuse

    • Valeria Dubini
    Pages 123-134

  13. Female Sexual Dysfunction in Alcohol and Drug Abuse

    • Marina Ziche
    Pages 135-144

  14. Female Sexual Function During Male Sexual Dysfunction and Vice Versa

    • Maria Antonella Bertozzi, Valeria Ales
    Pages 145-156

  15. Female Sexuality in Chronic Pelvic Pain

    • Antonella Giannantoni
    Pages 157-167

  16. Female Sexual Function and Neurological Disease

    • Elena Andretta
    Pages 169-173

  17. Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery

    • Sushma Srikrishna, Linda Cardozo
    Pages 175-188

  18. Role of Physical Therapy in the Treatment of Female Dysfunction

    • Merete Kolberg Tennfjord, Marie Ellström Engh, Kari Bø
    Pages 189-204

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 205-209
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About this book

This book discusses all aspects of sexuality in women and in particular explores sexual function and dysfunction in a variety of settings, including the different stages of life and a wide range of major diseases and local conditions. The aim is to refocus attention on the needs and sexual realities of women, providing a fresh point of view that will assist gynecologists, sexual medicine physicians, and urologists in delivery of high-quality care and help women themselves to understand and address sexual problems relating to desire, arousal, orgasm, and sexual pain. Psychological aspects of female sexuality and the impacts of the aging process, pregnancy, and childbirth are carefully examined. Extensive consideration is then given to the effects on sexual function of such conditions as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, neurological disease, endometriosis, pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, reproductive disorders, sexual abuse, and drug abuse. Issues of sexual identity and female dysmorphophobias are also considered. The authors are all experts in the field and have a deep understanding of the complexities of female sexuality.  

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Urology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

    Elisabetta Costantini

  • Department of Urology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    Donata Villari

  • SS Annunziata Hospital, Savigliano, Italy

    Maria Teresa Filocamo

About the editors

Elisabetta Costantini, Associate Professor of Urology. Chief of the Urogynaecological Section of Urological and Andrological Clinic, University of Perugia, Italy. Specialist in Urology and in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Member of the ESFFU Board (European Section of Functional and Female Urology)
Director of the Italian Inter-Universitary Master in Advanced Surgery for Pelvic Statics and Urinary Incontinence.Executive Committee Member of the Italian Urological Association.

Author of more than 700 papers in International Journals of Urology and Urogynaecology. She is an expert in Female Urology. The majority of her studies and research are focused in the field of urogynaecology and recently she developed a special interest in female sexual dysfunctions.

Donata Villari, Medical Researcher in  the Urological Unit of the University of Florence. She has focused her interests in the fields of basic research, oncology, renal transplantation, uroginaecology and gender medicine. Past Coordinator of  the Commission of the Italian Female Urologists. Executive Committee member of the Italian Urological Association. Member of the European Urological Association , Italian Society of Gender Health and Medicine and   Association “ Donne e scienza“. 

 

 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Female Sexual Function and Dysfunction

  • Editors: Elisabetta Costantini, Donata Villari, Maria Teresa Filocamo

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41716-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-41714-1Published: 07 July 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82412-3Published: 28 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-41716-5Published: 19 June 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 209

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Gynecology, Urology

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