The purpose of sexual and reproductive healthcare should be the enhancement of personal relationships and a healthy sex life and not merely counselling and care related to procreation or sexually transmitted infections. Providing practical and evidence-based guidance, this handbook follows the curriculum of the joint EBCOG and ESCRH Certificate and Diploma Examination in Sexual and Reproductive Health. Short, clearly structured text focuses on the essential knowledge of each topic, allowing readers to quickly access key information. Written by trusted experts in the field, topics covered include contraception, infertility and sexual dysfunction, sexual violence and STIs. The text provides advice and practical tips for how to practice patient-centred counselling and shared decision-making. Improving the relationship between the patient and healthcare-provider leads to increased trust, adherence of advice and more satisfactory treatment for the patient.

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• Provides advice and practical tips how to practice patient centered counselling and shared decision-making, improving the relationship between the patient and healthcare-provider leading to increased trust and adherence of advice
• The guidance is evidence-based and up to date, with short, clearly structured text focusing on the essential knowledge required and providing easy access to key information
• Practical and handy, this can be used as a quick-reference text for the management of patients in different healthcare settings including low-income and resource countries
• Provides up to date, holistic guidance on how to manage patients with sexual dysfunction and victims of sexual violence, which can be lacking in many traditional resources that focus on practicalities of contraception and sexually transmitted infections