Gynecology & Obstetrics, General & Miscellaneous - Medicine, Women's Health - General & Miscellaneous, Health Care Delivery, Family & General Practice, Pregnancy & Childbirth - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
20 Common Problems in Women's Health CareMindy A. Smith, M.D., M.S. Leslie A. Shimp, Pharm. D, M.S. This user-friendly practitioner's guide thoroughly covers the 20 conditions that most often prompt women to seek health care. With a chapter on each condition, 20 Common Problems in Women's Health Care provides easy access to current diagnostic and treatment options for the great majority of women patients seen in primary care. Inside, you'll find easy-to-use, informative chapters on preventive care and health maintenance, prenatal care, menopause, miscarriage, STDs, menstrual and breast disorders, and 13 other most-presented conditions delineated by the National Center for Health Statistics and the National Medical Ambulatory Care Survey. Each issue-focused chapter gives you useful and relevant pathophysiology, patient evaluation procedures, diagnostics, and treatment. You also get insights into patient communication and education, as well as tips and reproducible patient handouts. 20 Common Problems in Women's Health Care can help you: *Offer patients up-to-date care on issues from family planning to physical abuse *Recognize and effectively treat eating disorders, anxiety, depression, and other common conditions *Make difficult diagnoses and select appropriate treatments with evidence-based guidance and 125 illustrations *Quickly review regimens for prescription and nonprescription drugs *Use handy diagnostic and treatment algorithms *Discover emerging treatments for women's disorders *Manage your patients' conditions with leading-edge biomedical and psychosocial tools Look for other 20 Common Titles in Primary Care: Geriatrics, Dermatology, Ethics, and more.The book contains predominantly black-and-white illustrations, with some color illustrations.
Based on the 20 most common problems in women's health care, as compiled by the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and the National Center for Health Statistics, this book serves as a practical guide to the diagnosis and treatment of those problems encountered by the primary care provider. It covers pathophysiology, patient evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment, along with discussions of patient education and communication, family dynamics, current controversies, and emerging therapies for each problem. TOPICS INCLUDE: preventive care/health maintenance, family planning, prenatal care, menopause, eating disorders, abuse, depression and anxiety, menstrual disorders, STDs, miscarriage, breast disorders, and more. The book/series works the way clinicians work, complete with tools, tricks, and techniques for making difficult diagnoses and managing situations for the "Top 20" presenting complaints - one chapter per problem.
Editorials
Reviewer: peter m daher, md(Creighton University Medical Center)
Description: This book is a comprehensive study of the common problems that women bring to their primary care providers.
Purpose: The most frequently treated problems in the practice of female primary care are compiled in this book. It is intended to serve as quick reference for busy practitioners as they care for female patients.
Audience: The book is aimed at the busy practitioner, rather than students or residents who may be looking for a more complete reference. Family practitioners, gynecologists, and internists with a special interest in women's health will find the text useful. The contributors are all authorities in this field.
Features: Screening, diagnosis, and management of the most prevalent complaints by female patients are discussed in a straightforward fashion. Five separate diagnostic categories are covered, which makes for easy use. The frequent use of tables makes the subject matter user-friendly and easy to follow. However, additional illustrations would be beneficial.
Assessment: This book is extremely well written, and, unlike many women's health texts, is clearly geared toward the primary care physician who is practicing in an ambulatory setting. It is an excellent learning tool as well as a solid reference guide.
Peter M. Daher
This book is a comprehensive study of the common problems that women bring to their primary care providers. The most frequently treated problems in the practice of female primary care are compiled in this book. It is intended to serve as quick reference for busy practitioners as they care for female patients. The book is aimed at the busy practitioner, rather than students or residents who may be looking for a more complete reference. Family practitioners, gynecologists, and internists with a special interest in women's health will find the text useful. The contributors are all authorities in this field. Screening, diagnosis, and management of the most prevalent complaints by female patients are discussed in a straightforward fashion. Five separate diagnostic categories are covered, which makes for easy use. The frequent use of tables makes the subject matter user-friendly and easy to follow. However, additional illustrations would be beneficial. This book is extremely well written, and, unlike many women's health texts, is clearly geared toward the primary care physician who is practicing in an ambulatory setting. It is an excellent learning tool as well as a solid reference guide.3 Stars from Doody
Book Details
Published
March 1, 2000
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Medical
Pages
686
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780070697676