Clinical Men"s Health: Evidence in Practice

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EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9781416030003

Автор

Издатель Saunders Ltd.

Страниц 624

Год выпуска 2007

The first comprehensive evidence-based guide focused solely on the diseases and disorders that affect men. Here"s the first evidence-based guide to focus solely on the various health conditions that unequally affect men. This text provides a biopsychosocial approach to diseases and disorders of male patients from birth through infanthood, childhood, and adolescence, and from early through late adulthood. Replete with current evidence-based guidelines to facilitate clinical decision-making, the framework of each chapter builds upon epidemiological data centered on men. Special attention is given to the circumstances that influence men to either seek or not seek routine medical care. Provides a general overview of the construct of men"s health, detailing the organization of preventive healthcare in men, diagnostic bias in men"s healthcare, gender disparities on a global level, and the hesitancy of men to seek help. Focuses on pertinent medical...