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Sexuality and Pregnancy

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Principles of Medical Therapy in Pregnancy

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Because of the sexual revolution of the 1960s, we are more free to teach, read, understand, talk about, and participate in sexual matters. Many welcomed this openness after years of repression; they believed that this change in sexual attitudes would lead to a sort of erotic millenium with informed, understanding individuals free to participate at the highest level of one’s sexual expressiveness without guilt. Sexologists pronounced sexual behavior an integral part of everyday life, as well it should be.

An earlier version of this chapter was published in Contemporary OBI/GYN, February, 1983, Volume 21, Number 2. The figure and tables are reprinted through the courtesy of Contemporary OBI/GYN.

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  1. George W. Dameron Jr.
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  1. Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Norbert Gleicher M.D. (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Assistant Professor of Immunology/Microbiology, Chairman) (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Assistant Professor of Immunology/Microbiology, Chairman)

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Norbert Gleicher M.D. (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Assistant Professor of Immunology/Microbiology, Chairman) (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Assistant Professor of Immunology/Microbiology, Chairman)

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Dameron, G.W. (1985). Sexuality and Pregnancy. In: Gleicher, N. (eds) Principles of Medical Therapy in Pregnancy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2415-7_134

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