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By
Tom Laws, RN, RM, OND, B eco, G dip, Public Health, G dip Ed, Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Australia
Description
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It provides detailed information on
procedures and investigations that encourage the development of competencies such as assessing men's physical and mental health, identifying
men's information needs, and directing men to supportive organisations and resources.
Audience
All health professionals dealing with the health of men: nurses, community nurses, practice nurses, physiotherapists, general practice and nursing students
Contents
1. Sex, gender and health status
Men, masculinity and health
Sex and statistics
Major causes of death
Cancers
Heart
disease
Health concerns of adults
Social determinants of health
Mental health
Cultural identities among men
2.
Promoting health
Health promotion
Health issues nominated by men
Screening
3. Ethico-legal
Implications
for practice
Surrogacy by in vitro fertilisation
Reproductive rights
Homosexuality
4. Young men
Premature
deaths
Substance abuse
Teenage boys' drinking
Body image
5. Prime time
Infertility and subfertility
Sexually
transmitted infections
Urethritis
Bacterial STIs
Viral STIs
Vasectomy
Androgen deficiency
Erectile
dysfunction
6. Maturity
Testosterone in decline
Men and cardiovascular disease
7. Sensitive issues
Date
rape
Domestic violence
Circumcision
Premature ejaculation
Sexual abuse
8. Male conditions and disorders
Haematospermia
Disorders
of the prostate
Testicular cancer
9. Procedures and investigations
Transuretheral resection of the prostate (TURP)
Digital
rectal examination (DRE)
Testicular self examination
10. Male-specific conditions and disorders
Hydrocele
Testicular
torsion
Epididymitis
Orchitis
Varicocele
Spermatocele
Cryptorchidism
Inginial hernia
Balanitis
Balanitis
xerotica obliterans
Phimosis
Cancer of the penis
Peyronie's disease
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 216 pages, publication date: JAN-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-07338-0
ISBN-10: 0-443-07338-4
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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Last update: 30 Nov 2009
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