Women's health in mid-life : a primary care guide /

This book addresses the major healthcare issues of women in their midlife, between the ages 40 to 65. This is a time of challenge and an opportunity for preventive healthcare. Written by 20 primary care physicians, this book will help family practitioners provide the best possible healthcare for the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Rosenfeld, Jo Ann
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge, 2004.
Subjects:
Middle-aged women > Health and hygiene.
Primary care (Medicine)
Women > Health and hygiene.
Middle age.
Women's Health
Middle Aged
Preventive Health Services
Primary Health Care
Femmes d'âge moyen > Santé et hygiène.
Soins de santé primaires.
Femmes > Santé et hygiène.
Âge moyen.
middle age (life stage)
HEALTH & FITNESS > Women's Health.
Women > Health and hygiene
Middle age
Middle-aged women > Health and hygiene
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Health Promotion:
  • Physical activity and exercise / Tanya A. Miszko
  • Nutrition Victoria / S. Kaprielian, Gwendolyn Murphy and Cathrine Hoyo
  • Psychosocial health promotion of midlife women / Cathy Morrow
  • Sexual health / Margaret R.H. Nusbaum
  • Alcoholism, nicotine dependence and drug abuse / Mary-Anne Enoch
  • Depression and anxiety / Anne Walling
  • Hormonal Changes:
  • Physical changes in menopause / Margaret Gradison
  • Spiritual and psychological aspects of menopause / Melissa H. Hunter and Dana E. King
  • Hormone therapy / Kathy Andolsek
  • Contraception and fertility / Tracey D. Conti
  • Disease Prevention:
  • Prevention of coronary heart disease in women / Valerie K. Ulstad
  • Hypertension and stroke / Jo Ann Rosenfeld
  • Diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis / Jeannette E. South-Paul
  • Diabetes in mid-life women / Phillippa Miranda and Diana McNeill
  • Cancer Prevention:
  • Breast cancer screening and prevention / Jo Ann Rosenfeld
  • Cervical cancer: prevention, screening, and early detection / Jo Ann Rosenfeld
  • Endometrial cancer: prevention, screening, and early detection / Ellen Sakornbut
  • Ovarian cancer: prevention, screening, and early detection / Jo Ann Rosenfeld
  • Cancer screening and prevention: colon, lung and skin / Jo Ann Rosenfeld
  • Common GI and GU problems, including constipation, diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, urinary tract infections and incontinence / Jo Ann Rosenfeld.

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