Women's Problems in General Practice: No.24 (Oxford General Practice S.)

by Anne Anderson (Editor), Anne Anderson (Editor), Ann McPherson (Editor)

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  1993

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  This volume provides both a critical review and practical coverage of women's health problems in primary care. The book covers the major areas of women's health, except for pregnancy, childbirth and puerperal problems, which are dealt with elsewhere in the Oxford General Practice series. All of the chapters have been updated or completely rewritten, and new authors have been selected on the basis of their expertize and their direct experience of primary care. There are new chapters on urinary incontinence and endometriosis, and an up-to-date discussion of the pros and cons of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). The chapters on screening programmes for cervical cancer and breast cancer have been extensively revised, as national screening programmes have been established since the last edition was published.

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  1988

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  Women are the main users of the health services, and although some problems that women have are common to both sexes, very many of them are either unique to women or merit special consideration in the different sexes. This book provides the general practitioner with an up-to-date, critical, and above all practical review of the management and treatment of such problems - leaving out only the subjects of pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperal problems, as these are covered in another book in the series. Most symptoms that women develop are not associated with gross pathology, but they can nevertheless cause considerable distress. They need to be dealt with by general practitioners and others involved in primary care, who are both well informed and able to deal with such symptoms themselves, and who also know when hospital involvement becomes appropriate. For the second edition, the contributors have made substantial revisions to their chapters, and there are now new chapters on drink problems, and women and smoking. General practitioners, community physicians, occupational health physicians. Health education officers, hospital doctors, health visitors, social workers.