Advanced health assessment of women : clinical skills and procedures / Helen A. Carcio, Mimi Clarke Secor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carcio, Helen Nelson.

Contributor:

Secor, Mimi Clarke.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Medical examinations.

Women.

Women--Health and hygiene.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (593 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This manual-style reference presents the clinical skills needed to assess health and provide care to women of all of ages, with systematic reviews of all aspects of female mental and bodily health. The authors and contributors comprehensively cover female reproduction, anatomy, and physiology as examined at the cellular level. Also discussed are developmental, psychological, and sociocultural dimensions of women. . Offering an integrated approach to women's health care, the authors delineate the roles and functions of various health care providers serving female patients, including physician'

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgment; UNIT 1 FEMALE REPRODUCTION; UNIT 2 HEALTH ASSESSMENT; UNIT 3 INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; UNIT 4 CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; UNIT 5 ASSESSMENT OF WOMEN AT RISK; UNIT 6 EVALUATION OF THE MENOPAUSAL WOMAN; UNIT 7 EVALUATION OF THE PELVIC FLOOR; UNIT 8 ASSESSMENT OF THE INFERTILE WOMAN; UNIT 9 ADVANCED SKILLS; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78268-252-X

1-282-50588-2

9786612505881

0-8261-2427-5

OCLC:

609533720