Women's Health in Clinical Practice: A Handbook for Primary Care [Paperback]

Contraception.- Premenstrual Syndrome and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder.- Menopause.- Osteoporosis.- Women and Coronary Heart Disease.- Sexual Problems.- Irritable Bowel Syndrome.- Urinary Incontinence.- Diabetes in Women.- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.- Cervical Cancer Detection and Prevention.- Breast Disorders.- Thyroid Disorders.- Womens Oral Health Issues.- Eating Disorders.- Psychiatric Disorders in Women.- Intimate Partner Violence.

From the reviews:

This book is designed to aid primary care providers in meeting the healthcare needs of their female patients. & The audience is primary care physicians who have received minimal training in obstetric and gynecological issues but treat women and girls. It would also be useful for physicians who need a refresher or a good clinic reference or even for residents in a primary care rotation. & It is also a good refresher for those physicians who have been out of residency for a while. (Rita Duboyce, Doodys Review Service, June, 2008)

Traditionally, womens health has been synonymous with obstetrics and gynecology. With the exception of Family Medicine physicians who are trained in obstetric and gynecologic issues, most primary care physicians have received little training in reproductive health issues even though they care for women and girls. In recent years, there has been growing recognition that sex differences do exist between the organ systems of women and men, and research about male and female physiologic differences has bolstered the growing body of knowledge about sex differences. Womens Health: A Handbook for Primary Care presents the most recent changes in current research and provides the reader with an easily accessible reference to common womens health issues. The topics in this text range from health problems that largely affect only women, like cervical cancer and breast disease, to health problems that present differently in women thals.