Ben-Zion Itzhak Z, Zudakov Bella, Zwikel July, Belmaker Haim R
Psychiatric Department, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva.
Harefuah. 2004 Jan;143(1):33-6, 85.
Commercial sex work has many medical and psychiatric implications. In recent years many papers on this matter have been published. However, many of these articles are based on opinions rather then on empiric fieldwork. Sex workers in the western world are not a major source of spread of venereal diseases. Nonetheless, it is important for medical decision makers to be aware of the health risks related to commercial sex work habits: for example. avoidance of condoms for oral sex, might be a risk factor for gonorrhea transmission. In field studies in Israel and abroad, it has been shown that sex workers are not always drug addicts or mentally ill; many of them see it as a legitimate form of work that is dictated by their needs, their social, personal and familial background. Commercial sex workers frequently suffer from emotional and somatic health problems that are often neglected. This review intends to examine the few empirical works that have been conducted on commercial sex workers. including our recent study performed in Israel.
商业性工作有许多医学和精神方面的影响。近年来，关于这个问题已经发表了许多论文。然而，这些文章中的许多都是基于观点而非实证性的实地调查。西方世界的性工作者并非性病传播的主要源头。尽管如此，对于医学决策者来说，了解与商业性工作习惯相关的健康风险很重要：例如，口交时不使用避孕套可能是淋病传播的一个风险因素。在以色列和国外的实地研究表明，性工作者并不总是吸毒成瘾者或患有精神疾病；他们中的许多人将其视为一种由自身需求、社会、个人和家庭背景所决定的合法工作形式。商业性工作者经常遭受情感和躯体健康问题的困扰，而这些问题往往被忽视。本综述旨在审视已开展的关于商业性工作者的少数实证研究，包括我们最近在以色列进行的研究。
