Description
How Sex and Gender Impact Clinical Practice: An Evidence-Based Guide to Patient Care, Second Edition, is an essential resource for primary care clinicians seeking to integrate sex and gender differences into their practice. This edition emphasizes the unique framework that assists practitioners in providing personalized care. It aligns sex and gender medicine with precision medicine, helping healthcare providers attract patients who value clinicians that understand the nuances of sex and gender in healthcare.How Sex and Gender Impact Clinical Practice: An Evidence-Based Guide to Patient Care, Second Edition, includes updates on the evidence-based information on disease prevalence, diagnosis, testing, and treatment, as well as a new chapter on the sex and gender aspects of pain. Each chapter reflects how sex and gender impact disease presentation, physical examination, testing, treatment, and clinical decision-making.- Includes case studies and tables that summarize sex and gender differences in diseases- Provides Gaps in Knowledge and Practice Points section for the physician- Presents a new way of looking at common diseases through a sex and gender lens- Includes a new chapter on pain
Table of Contents
Section I: The Importance of Sex and Gender in Patient Care1. Application of Sex and Gender Health: A Practical Framework2. Clinician-Patient Communication: Gender InfluencesSection II: Sex and Gender Evidence in Health and Disease3. Addiction: Sex and Gender Evidence in Alcohol, Tobacco, and Opioids Substance Use Disorders4. Autoimmune Diseases: Sex and Gender Evidence in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, and Ankylosing Spondylitis5. Cancer Screening and Prevention: Sex and Gender Evidence in Lung, Breast, and Colorectal Cancer6. Cardiovascular Disease: Sex and Gender Evidence in Acute Ischemic Syndrome and Heart Failure7. Gastrointestinal Diseases: Sex and Gender Evidence in Liver Lesions, Gastroesophageal Reflux, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease8. Mental Health: Sex and Gender Evidence in Schizophrenia, Depression, and Anxiety Disorders9. Metabolic Disorders: Sex and Gender Evidence in Dyslipidemia, Diabetes, and Obesity10. Musculoskeletal Disorders: Sex and Gender Evidence in ACL Injuries, Osteoarthritis, and Osteoporosis11. Neurological Diseases: Sex and Gender Evidence in Stroke, Migraine, and Alzheimer's Dementia12. Pharmacology: Sex and Gender Evidence in Medication Safety and Efficacy13. Public Health in Your Practice: Sex and Gender Considerations in Access to Healthcare, Immunizations, and Intimate Partner Violence14. Respiratory Diseases: Sex and Gender Evidence in Obstructive Sleep Apnea, COPD, and AsthmaSection III: Beyond Point of Care: Sex and Gender Influences in the Community of Practice15. The Business of Medicine: Making the Case for a Sex and Gender Practice16. Knowledge Resources in Sex and Gender Health17. Sex and gender differences in pain18. Sex and gender differences in thyroid diseases19. Sex and gender differences in hypertension
