Karen Fontaine

About our author

Karen Lee Fontaine has authored numerous nursing textbooks since 1987, some of which have been translated into Spanish, Korean, Greek and Russian. She has 10 journal publications and 22 contributed chapters in a variety of nursing textbooks. She is a certified sex therapist (American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists) and maintains a private practice in Chicago. She has recently retired as Professor of Nursing, Purdue University Northwest.