Women's health : a primary care clinical guide

Youngkin, Ellis Quinn. (Added Author). Davis, Marcia Szmania. (Added Author). Schadewald, Diane Mare. (Added Author). Juve, Catherine. (Added Author).

Summary: Fully updated to reflect the latest standards of care, this easy-to-use handbook brings together complete information on women?s healthcare and health promotion. Using a systematic, problem-solving format, WOMEN'S HEALTH: A PRIMARY CARE CLINICAL GUIDE, 4/e thoroughly addresses key issues in all areas of primary care for women, including reproductive and gynecologic content as well as selected common medical, psychosocial, developmental, and political problems, issues, and needs. Every chapter has been updated, and this fourth edition includes an entirely new chapter on the assessment of older women?s health. A separate chapter is now provided on Epidemiology and Diagnostic Methods and Procedures for Women?s Health, and coverage of Complementary Therapies has been significantly expanded. Useful reference appendices cover topics ranging from billing and coding to relevant laboratory test values.

Record details

ISBN: 9780132576734
Physical Description: print
xvi, 941 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Women, health, and the health care system -- Chapter 1: Nurse practitioners in women's health: Where is the future heading? -- Chapter 2: Growth and development of women -- Chapter 3: Epidemiology, diagnostic methods, and procedures for women's health -- Chapter 4: Assessing adolescent women's health -- Chapter 5: Assessing adult women's health -- Chapter 6: Assessing older women's health -- Promotion of wellness for women -- Chapter 7: Women and sexuality -- Chapter 8: Health needs of lesbians and other sexual minority women -- Chapter 9: Health needs of women with disabilities -- Chapter 10: Integrating wellness: Complementary therapies and women's health -- Promotion of gynecologic health care -- Chapter 11: Menstruation and related problems and concerns -- Chapter 12: Managing contraception and family planning -- Chapter 13: Infertility -- Chapter 14: Vaginitis and sexually transmitted diseases -- Chapter 15: Women and HIV -- Chapter 16: Common gynecologic pelvic disorders -- Chapter 17: Breast health -- Chapter 18: The menopausal transmission -- Promotion of women's health care during pregnancy -- Chapter 19: Health promotion and assessment during pregnancy -- Chapter 20: Maternal conditions impacting risk in pregnancy -- Chapter 21: Assessing fetal well-being -- Chapter 22: Postpartum and lactation -- Primary care conditions affecting women's health -- Chapter 23: Common medical problems: Cardiovascular through hematological disorders -- Chapter 24: Common medical problems: Musculoskeletal injuries through urinary tract disorders -- Chapter 25: Psychosocial health concerns for women -- Appendix A: Emergency childbirth and immediate care for the newborn -- Appendix B: Selected screening tools for women's health -- Appendix C: Billing and coding in women's health -- Appendix D: Selected laboratory values -- Appendix E: Federal agencies concerned with women's health -- Index.