MEN'S HEALTH IN PRIMARY CARE. SERIES: CURRENT CLINICAL PRACTICE

• First book of its kind to present up-to-date information on all aspects of men's health in the primary care setting Provides guidelines for performing evidence-based well male examinations on children, adolescents, and adults.
• Will prepare primary care providers for many new male patients covered under the Affordable Care Act.

This book fills a major gap in the literature by providing comprehensive guidelines for the care of male patients through the lifecycle and across healthcare settings. Devoted solely to improving men’s health, this book serves as an accessible, practical reference for clinicians treating these patients. It focuses on the psychosocial challenges that men encounter in obtaining healthcare as well as acute and chronic medical and psychological diseases. The book also offers current evidence-based guidelines for wellness and health maintenance. Topics include the problem of help seeking, preventative services, sexual dysfunction, cardiovascular health, prostate cancer screening, and testosterone deficiency. Men’s Health in Primary Care is a valuable resource for primary care clinicians and students in family medicine, internal medicine, and adolescent medicine.

Author
Joel J. Heidelbaugh, MD, FAAFP, FACG Clinical Associate Professor Departments of Family Medicine and Urology University of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Table of contents (15 chapters)
1. Men’s Health in 2010s: What Is the Global Challenge?
2. Masculinity in Men’s Health: Barrier or Portal to Healthcare?
3. Health-Seeking Behavior and Meeting the Needs of the Most Vulnerable Men
4. Providing Preventive Services to Men: A Substantial Challenge?
5. The Evidence-Based Physical Examination of the Child and Adolescent Male
6. Caring for the Adolescent Male
7. The Evidence-Based Well Male Examination in Adult Men
8. Promoting Cardiovascular Health in Men
9. Male Sexual Health
10. Sexually Transmitted Infections in Men
11. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
12. Testicular, Scrotal, and Penile Disorders
13. Hypogonadism: The Relationship to Cardiometabolic Syndrome and the Controversy Behind Testosterone Replacement Therapy
14. Prostate Cancer: A Primary Care Perspective
15. Caring for Men Who Have Sex with Men