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Men's Health in Primary Care [electronic resource] / edited by Joel J. Heidelbaugh.

Contributor(s): Series: Current Clinical PracticePublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana Press, 2016Edition: 1st ed. 2016Description: XIV, 306 p. 52 illus., 13 illus. in color. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783319260914
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 610 23
LOC classification:
  • RA427.9
Online resources:
Contents:
Men's Health in the 2010's: What is the Global Challenge? -- Masculinity in Men's Health: Barrier or Portal to Healthcare -- Health Seeking Behavior and Meeting the Needs for the Most Vulnerable Men -- Providing Preventive Services for Men: A Substantial Challenge? -- The Evidence-Based Physical Examination of the Child and Adolescent Male -- Caring for the Adolescent Male -- The Evidence-Based Well Examination in Adult Men -- Promoting Cardiovascular Health in Adult Men -- Male Sexual Health -- Sexually Transmitted Infections in Men -- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms -- Testicular, Scrotal and Penile Disorders -- Male Hypogonadism: The Relationship to Cardiometabolic Syndrome and the Controversy Behind Testosterone Replacement Therapy -- Prostate Cancer: A Primary Care Perspective -- Caring for Men Who Have Sex with Men.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This book fills a major gap in the literature by providing comprehensive guidelines for the care of male patients through the lifecycle and across healthcare settings. Devoted solely to improving men’s health, this book serves as an accessible, practical reference for clinicians treating these patients. It focuses on the psychosocial challenges that men encounter in obtaining healthcare as well as acute and chronic medical and psychological diseases. The book also offers  current evidence-based guidelines for wellness and health maintenance. Topics  include the problem of help seeking, preventative services, sexual dysfunction, cardiovascular health, prostate cancer screening, and testosterone deficiency. Men’s Health in Primary Care is a valuable resource for primary care clinicians and students in family medicine, internal medicine, and adolescent medicine.    .
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Men's Health in the 2010's: What is the Global Challenge? -- Masculinity in Men's Health: Barrier or Portal to Healthcare -- Health Seeking Behavior and Meeting the Needs for the Most Vulnerable Men -- Providing Preventive Services for Men: A Substantial Challenge? -- The Evidence-Based Physical Examination of the Child and Adolescent Male -- Caring for the Adolescent Male -- The Evidence-Based Well Examination in Adult Men -- Promoting Cardiovascular Health in Adult Men -- Male Sexual Health -- Sexually Transmitted Infections in Men -- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms -- Testicular, Scrotal and Penile Disorders -- Male Hypogonadism: The Relationship to Cardiometabolic Syndrome and the Controversy Behind Testosterone Replacement Therapy -- Prostate Cancer: A Primary Care Perspective -- Caring for Men Who Have Sex with Men.

This book fills a major gap in the literature by providing comprehensive guidelines for the care of male patients through the lifecycle and across healthcare settings. Devoted solely to improving men’s health, this book serves as an accessible, practical reference for clinicians treating these patients. It focuses on the psychosocial challenges that men encounter in obtaining healthcare as well as acute and chronic medical and psychological diseases. The book also offers  current evidence-based guidelines for wellness and health maintenance. Topics  include the problem of help seeking, preventative services, sexual dysfunction, cardiovascular health, prostate cancer screening, and testosterone deficiency. Men’s Health in Primary Care is a valuable resource for primary care clinicians and students in family medicine, internal medicine, and adolescent medicine.    .

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