tailieunhanh - Women’s Health in Mid-Life

This book highlights the needs and healthcare concerns of women in their mid in middle age are often overlooked by medical practitioners. From the end of childbearing to old age, approximately ages 40–65 years, their health needs are complex and changing. This is a time of challenge and opportunity, when the physician and woman working collaboratively can change her health and future. Mid-life healthcare is far more than hormones. | MMbf Jo Ann Rosenfeld Womens Health in Mid-Life A Primary care Guide Cam rm I Cambridge 9780521823401 Women s Health in Mid-Life A Primary Care Guide This book highlights the needs and healthcare concerns of women in their mid life. Women in middle age are often overlooked by medical practitioners. From the end of childbearing to old age approximately ages 40-65 years their health needs are complex and changing. This is a time of challenge and opportunity when the physician and woman working collaboratively can change her health and future. Mid-life healthcare is far more than hormones. Healthy behaviors such as good nutrition and exercise can be promoted which will result in lower risk and sometimes improved care of heart disease hypertension and diabetes. Adequate screening and treatment can prevent diseases and complications. This book performs a critical evaluation of the burgeoning literature on allopathic and complementary medicine and compares it with that of established medical care. Written by 20 primary-care physicians this book will help family practitioners provide the best possible healthcare for these women. Dr Jo Ann Rosenfeld is Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and former Professor of Family Medicine at East State Tennessee University. Her editorial responsibilities include being Associate Editor of BMJ USA Associate Editor of AAFP FP Comprehensive Monograph Course and Associate Editor of the Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Internal Medicine journal. She is the author of 50 articles on women s health and three other books on the subject including Handbook of Women s Health Cambridge University Press 2001 and Women s Health in Primary Care Lippincott Williams Wilkins 1997