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The Science of Orgasm
By Barry R. Komisaruk, Carlos Beyer-Flores, and Beverly Whipple.
358 pp, $25.95.
Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
ISBN-13 978-0-8018-8490-0.
JAMA. 2008;299(6):701-702.
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It used to be difficult to obtain reliable, current, scientific material on sexual health until I added The Science of Orgasm to my library. It is certainly worth the space and the price. The Science of Orgasm is an excellent, well-written assembly of the current scientific understanding of not only the phenomenon of orgasm but of sexual pleasure in general. The fact that sexual science is in its infancy, partly because of lack of federal funding, does not diminish the value of this book. On the contrary, the 358-page, hardcover book addresses most of the questions frequently asked by patients on sex and orgasm.
Health care professionals are the book's primary audience. However, the authors have made considerable effort to make the material understandable to other educated readers; eg, they include a 7-page glossary at the end of the book to explain the scientific terms used. The patients I know . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Kay Eddie Gabry, MD, MS, Reviewer
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
US Food and Drug Administration
Silver Spring, Maryland
kamal.gabry@fda.hhs.gov
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