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Sexual Function in Serious Illness: Areej El-Jawahri, Sharon Bober, and Don Dizon

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So this is about two and a half, three years out from leukemia diagnosis. There is a patient caregiver relationship that evolves over time, and there’s less of a focus on intimacy in that relationship. We have a lot of loss of libido, loss of physical intimacy as a result of the changing dynamic in the relationship.

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