Sexual Health, Fertility, and Relationships in Cancer Care

Sexual Health, Fertility, and Relationships in Cancer Care provides clinical management guidelines for the impact of cancer and oncology treatments on sexual health, fertility and relationships. Employing a practical toolkit format, this volume addresses a spectrum of key topics including: provision of onco-fertility and sexual health support, LGBTQ+ issues, support for adolescents and young people, effective psycho-educational/psycho-sexual interventions, and managing relationships for individuals and couples.

Part of the Psycho-oncology Care: Companion Guides for Clinicians series, this concise pocket guide is an ideal resource for cancer medical specialists, psycho-oncologists in training, specialist nurses/nurse consultants, and allied health professionals to use as a quick reference in everyday practice. Pitched at intermediate to advanced level skills, this companion guide can be used as a standalone, or alongside existing oncology and psycho-oncology training programs.

Maggie Watson, PhD, co-Founded the British Psychosocial Oncology Society [BPOS] in 1982 and is President Emeritus of the International Psycho-oncology Society. She is currently a member of the IPOS Publications Committee and Education Committee, as well as the Editor-in-Chief of the Psycho-oncology Journal. The author nine books and 200 publications, Dr. Watson among the top ten highest cited authors in the field of Psycho-oncology from 1994-2015. Her clinical research interests span psychological interventions including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Cancer and Families, Cancer Genetics, and Psychological Aspects of Prostate Cancer.

David W. Kissane, AC, MD, FRANZCP, FAChPM, FACLP, is an academic psychiatrist, psycho-oncology researcher and palliative care physician. He currently holds the Chair of Palliative Medicine Research for the University of Notre Dame Australia (2019 - ) and the Cunningham Centre at St Vincent's Sydney, NSW, while also being Head of the Szalmuk Family Psycho-Oncology Research Centre (2012- ) at Cabrini Health in Malvern, VIC. His scholarship has contributed significantly to the use of support groups in cancer care, developed a model of family-centered care in both palliative care and bereavement, researched the state of demoralization as a form of existential distress, and built a comprehensive communication skills training program for oncology and palliative care.

1. Provision of Onco-Fertility Support
Annette Hasenburg, Joachim Weis, Roxana Schwab, Andrea Kiemen

2. Provision of Sexual Health Support
Jane Ussher, Janette Perz, Alex Hawkey

3. Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Issues [LGBT]
Karolina Lisy, Nick Hulbert-Williams, Jane Ussher, Alison Alpert, Charles Kamen, Michael Jefford

4. Adolescents/Young People and Cultural Issues
Jennifer Ford, Catherine Benedict, Vicky Lehmann, Zeba Ahmad

5. Psycho-sexual/Psycho-educational Issues: Effective Interventions
Michelle Peate, Ilona Juraskova

6. Managing relationships and psychosexual therapy for Individuals
Daniela Wittman

7. Managing relationships/psychosexual therapy for Couples
Talia Zaider, David W. Kissane