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Mosby's Guide to Women's Health

A Handbook for Health Professionals

  • 1st Edition - June 14, 2007
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Tolu DC Oyelowo, Mosby
  • Language: English

This essential clinical companion provides quick access to a wealth of information on effectively managing common women's health issues. It offers just the right level of coverage… Read more

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This essential clinical companion provides quick access to a wealth of information on effectively managing common women's health issues. It offers just the right level of coverage for health professionals, with concise, user-friendly protocols for diagnosing and treating a wide range of conditions. In addition to traditional medical information, this book also explores alternative natural treatment options such as physical therapy, nutrition, herbs, chiropractic, and naturopathic therapies.

Key features

  • A consistent format throughout makes it easy to quickly find key information.
  • Coverage of common conditions includes a description of the condition, causes, diagnostic procedures, signs/symptoms, traditional medical management, self-help treatments, dietary/nutritional management, adjunctive therapies, and chiropractic treatment options.
  • Features a section on general hormonal health that explores the role of estrogen and estrogen derivatives in maintaining health and predisposing to disease.
  • Addresses other factors impacting women's health such as culture, spirituality, and domestic violence.
  • Convenient pocket size makes this handbook ideal for use in the clinical setting.
  • Goes beyond reproductive issues to address the total health care needs of female patients.
  • A multidisciplinary editorial board provides a well-rounded perspective of women's health issues with just the right amount of information for health professionals.

Table of contents

1. Anatomy, Physiology and Neurology


2. Estrogen Concepts


3. Menstrual Cycle


4. Amenorrhea


5. Birth Control


6. Bladder Pain Syndrome (Interstitial Cystitis)


7. Breast Conditions


8. Cardiovascular Health


9. Coccydynia


10. Cultural Considerations


11. Diabetes


12. Domestic Violence


13. Dysmenorrhea


14. Dyspareunia


15. Endometriosis


16. Female Athlete Triad


17. Fibroids


18. Fibromyalgia


19. Incontinence


20. Infections


21. Infertility


22. Menopause


23. Menorrhagia


24. Osteoporosis


25. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease


26. Perimenopause


27. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome


28. Pregnancy


29. Pregnancy — Labor and Delivery


30. Pregnancy — Post Partum


31. Premature Ovarian Failure


32. Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)


33. Reproductive Tract Malignancies


34. Vulvodynia


35. Technique — Procedures

Review quotes

The purpose of this American pocket sized text is to provide a practical reference guide covering all aspects of women’s health, so enabling students and clinicians in the allied health professions, to quickly and effectively identify and treat virtually all conditions.

This reference guide would be best viewed as a very comprehensive medical dictionary on women’s health issues enabling any allied health professional to better understand such conditions.

- Wendy Brown, Physiotherapy Clinical Tutor, Musgrave Park Hospital, UK.

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 14, 2007
  • Language: English

About the author

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Tolu DC Oyelowo

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Chair, Diversity Commission, Northwestern Health Sciences University, Bloomington, MN

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