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Primary Care of Women, Second Edition is an essential and easy-to use resource for healthcare providers who offer primary care to women. Ideal for new and experienced clinicians, it focuses on the need to address women's health holistically. Each chapter begins by discussing common symptoms and how to evaluate them before moving on to diagnosis and management of the most common conditions seen in women. Topics include prevention, screening, management of common health problems, and the presentation and management of common health issues in pregnancy. Completely updated and revised, the Second…mehr

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Primary Care of Women, Second Edition is an essential and easy-to use resource for healthcare providers who offer primary care to women. Ideal for new and experienced clinicians, it focuses on the need to address women's health holistically. Each chapter begins by discussing common symptoms and how to evaluate them before moving on to diagnosis and management of the most common conditions seen in women. Topics include prevention, screening, management of common health problems, and the presentation and management of common health issues in pregnancy. Completely updated and revised, the Second Edition includes new chapters on sleep disorders, dental health, and complementary and alternative medicine. Also included is an increased focus on topics such as mental health and violence.
Autorenporträt
Barbara Hackley CNM PhD has served as a faculty member at Georgetown University, Columbia University, and Yale University. Currently, she is the Director, Resiliency Initiative, and Clinical Director, Women's Health Services for the South Bronx Health Center, a program of Montefiore Health Center and The Children's Health Fund. In that capacity, she is responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating programming designed to foster the health and well-being of pregnant and parenting women and their children. Key elements of the Resiliency Initiative include universal screening for parental stress and support in prenatal and pediatric care, perinatal group care, intensive counseling for families in need, linkages to community resources, and maternal-infant dyadic therapy. Her textbook, Primary Care for Women: A Guide for Midwives and Women's Health Providers, was awarded the 2008 Best Book of the year by the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) and has been used by midwifery education programs nationwide. She is the recipient of other numerous awards recognizing her teaching abilities, scholarly work, and clinical expertise in helping to expand the practice base of midwifery to include more primary and preventative care. Her current research focuses on the prevention of pregnancy-related obesity and depression and the impact of perinatal group care on mothers and children.