Preben Hertoft

Danish psychiatrist
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroDanish psychiatrist
PlacesDenmark
wasPsychiatrist
Work fieldHealthcare
Gender
Male
Birth5 January 1928
Death26 February 2017 (aged 89 years)
Family
Spouse:SomeOne
The details

Biography

Preben Hertoft (born 5 January 1928), Danish psychiatrist and professor in medical sexology, senior doctorate in medicine.
After the death of his mentor Kirsten Auken, Hertoft worked over 40 years as a sexologist doing research, treatment, counseling and education. In 1986 he founded the first medical centre for sexology in Denmark. Most of the time he had heterosexual and homosexual patients with sexual problems in therapy, but he also treated and counselled transvestites and pedophiles.
He is an elected fellow by the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex for outstanding contributions to the field.

Selected works

  • Preben Hertoft: Paradiset er ikke til salg [Paradise is not for sale - on transvestites]
  • Preben Hertoft: Klinisk sexologi [Medical sexology]
  • Preben Hertoft et al.: Paedagogisk sexologi [Educational sexology]

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