Full Description
The Oxford Handbook of Reproductive Medicine and Family Planning, third edition provides essential practical information on the care of adolescent and reproductive age females and males. Evidence-based and concise, this handbook is the must-have resource for all practitioners, trainees, and students in sexual and reproductive healthcare, and a useful reference for nurses and general practitioners.
Practically structured, the handbook now contains additional practical guidance, algorithms and diagrams, as well as new chapters on fertility preservation and endometriosis. It provides a comprehensive overview of the whole field and follows chronological age up to the menopause, covering all key areas such as the reproductive system, puberty, contraceptive methods, and infertility. Taking a clinical, evidence-based approach and presented in a clear, bullet-point style for rapid reference, this will be your essential guide to all aspects of reproductive medicine, family planning and sexual health.
Contents
Part 1 Reproductive medicine 1: Sexual differentiation 2: Steroid hormones 3: Menarche and adolescent gynaecology 4: Ovaries and the menstrual cycle 5: Polycystic ovary syndrome 6: Hirsutism and virilization 7: Amenorrhoea and oligomenorrhoea 8: Miscarriage and recurrent miscarriage 9: Menopause and hormone replacement therapy 10: Initial advice to those concerned about delays in conception 11: Defining infertility 12: Investigation of fertility problems 13: Management strategies for fertility problems 14: Male infertility 15: Ovulation induction 16: Tubal and uterine disorders 17: Medical and surgical management of endometriosis 18: Intra- uterine insemination 19: In vitro fertilization and associated assisted conception techniques 20: Endometriosis 21: Fertility preservation Part 2 Contraception and family planning 22: Fertility and fertility awareness 23: Male contraception 24: Vaginal methods 25: Combined hormonal contraception 26: Progestogen- only pill 27: Injectables 28: Progestogen- only implants 29: Intra- uterine contraception 30: Emergency contraception 31: Sterilization 32: Special considerations 33: Postpartum contraception
