Best source for answers to the entire range of women's medical issues seen in primary care. *Practical, up-to-date approaches in healthcare to all common diseases and disorders of women
*Updates of major topics in women's health including gynecology, internal medicine, psychiatry, cardiology, complementary and alternative medicine
*Updated guidance on gynecologic and breast disorders, as well as reproductive health issues
*Day-to-day help with communication styles, access to care, and racial and cultural issues
*New treatments for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, care for the rape victim, and common dermatologic diseases
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part 1 General issues: adolescent medicine; health care for lesbians; ethical issues; medical legal issues. Part 2 Preventative health care: preventative services; immunizations; health promotion. Part 3 Psychiatric and behavioral disorders: disordered eating; chemical dependency; anxiety and panic disorder; mood disorders; premenstrual dysphoric disorder; bereavement; domestic violence; sexual abuse; evaluating sexual dysfunction. Part 4 Metabolic and endocrine disorders: obesity, hirsuitism; thyroid disorders; menopause and hormone replacement therapy; osteoporosis; polycyctic ovarian disease. Part 5 Breast disease: evaluation of a breast mass; benign breast disorders; breast augmentation and disorders of the augmented breast. Part 6 Urologic disorders: dysuria; urinary incontinence; urinary tract infection. Part 7 Gastrointestinal disorders: liver disease; irritable bowel disease. Part 8 Cardiovascular disorders: risk factors for coronary artery disease and their treatment; evaluation of chest pain; treatment of coronary artery disease; peripartum cardiac disease. Part 9 Infectious diseases: HIV infection; sexually transmitted diseases and pelvic inflammatory diseases. Part 10 Hematologic and oncologic disorders: breast cancer; venous thromboembolic disease; hematologic complications of pregnancy. Part 11 Neurologic disorders: headache; multiple sclerosis. Part 12 Pulmonary disorders: asthma. Part 12 Dermatologic disorders: common dermatologic disorders in women. Part 13 Musculoskeletal disorders: fibromyalgia and myofascial pain; sports medicine; autoimmune connective tissue diseases. Part 14 Gynecologic disorders: dysmenorhea, endometriosis and pelvic pain; management of chronic pelvic pain; approach to abnormal vaginal bleeding; diseases of the vulva and vagina; cervical cancer screening and management of the abnormal pap smear; evaluation of pelvic masses and screening for ovarian cancer; management of the victim of rape. Part 15 Reproductive health issues: contraception; infertility; pregnancy termination; preconception counseling and care of common medical disorders in pregnancy; pregnancy loss. Part 16 Complementary and alternative medicine use: herbals; manipulative therapy.
