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. 2006 Apr;3(4):e178.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030178. Epub 2006 Apr 11.

Female sexual dysfunction: a case study of disease mongering and activist resistance

Leonore Tiefer  1
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Female sexual dysfunction: a case study of disease mongering and activist resistance

Leonore Tiefer. PLoS Med. 2006 Apr.

Abstract

Tiefer highlights key steps in the "creation" of a new diagnosis, female sexual dysfunction, and of the campaign to challenge its reductionist approach to women's sexual problems.

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Competing Interests: The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1. Timeline for the Promotion of FSD from 1997 to Present
AUA, American Urological Association; CME, Continuing Medical Education; JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association (Figure: Rusty Howson)
Figure 2
Figure 2. Timeline of Events Beginning in 1999 of Activism, Which Came to Be Called the “Campaign for a New View of Women's Sexual Problems”
(Figure: Rusty Howson)
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