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Anne Katz on Young Patients With Cancer and Their Sexuality

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Anne Katz, RN, PhD

Anne Katz, RN, PhD, clinical nurse specialist, sexuality counselor, CancerCare Manitoba, discusses young patients with cancer and their sexuality.

Anne Katz, RN, PhD, clinical nurse specialist, sexuality counselor, CancerCare Manitoba, discusses young patients with cancer and their sexuality.

“[Young people can] get involved a peer support group, and there are many different ones now online, and learn from [their] peers — because those are the people that have walked the walk and talked the talk.”

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