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Sexuality

Breaking the Silence on Cancer and Sexuality: A Handbook for Health Care Professionals This book is written for health care providers of all kinds – nurses, oncologists, social workers, physiotherapists – to...

Cancer and LGBTQ Communities Evidence based information for health care providers on cancer and LGBTQ communities

Healthcare and End-of-Life Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Older Adults: A Scoping Review This study, outlines the results of a systemic search of the literature related to the health care and end of life needs...

Perspectives on the Final Stages of Life from LGBT Elders Living in Ontario This report details the findings of a research project that investigated the health care experiences, barriers and needs...

Sexuality and Aging: Clinical Perspectives An overview of sexuality among middle-aged and older adults including historical approaches and current research.

Sexuality and Long Term Care: Understanding and Supporting the Needs of Older Adult The first book to take a person-centered approach to resident sexuality in long-term care that addresses how long-term care...

Sexuality Assessment for Older Adults Nurses are in an ideal position to assess these normal aging changes, as well as disabling medical conditions and medications,...

Speaking Up and Speaking Out (Toolkit) A toolkit for healthcare providers that includes a collection of educational resources to aid healthcare professionals in...

Staying Out of the Closet: LGBT Older Adults’ Hopes and Fears in Considering End-of-Life The purpose of this study was to begin to fill the gaps in current research on LGBT aging and end-of-life in Canada. Through...

Supporting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans People with Cancer With a focus on cancer, this document uses case study examples from the perspective of an LGBT person, to highlight some...