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Title Men's health in primary care / Joel J. Heidelbaugh, editor
Published Cham : Humana Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 306 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Current clinical practice
Current clinical practice
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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 21, 2016)
Subject Men -- Health and hygiene.
Men's health services.
Men's Health
Urology & urogenital medicine.
Clinical & internal medicine.
Public health & preventive medicine.
General practice.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Atlases.
MEDICAL -- Essays.
MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Osteopathy.
Men -- Health and hygiene
Men's health services
Genre/Form Electronic books
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
Author Heidelbaugh, Joel J., editor
ISBN 9783319260914
331926091X