How Sex and Gender Impact Clinical Practice

How Sex and Gender Impact Clinical Practice: An Evidence-Based Guide to Patient Care enables primary care clinicians by providing a framework to understand differences and better care for patients in their practice. Each chapter covers a subspecialty in medicine and discusses the influence of sex hormones on disease, along with sex and gender-based differences in clinical presentation, physical examination, laboratory results, treatment regimens, comorbidities and prognosis. Illustrative case examples and practical practice points help each chapter come alive. A special chapter on communication differences between men and women assists clinicians in their conversations with patients.

This book fills an important need by applying years of research findings to sex and gender specific medical care and demonstrating that an individualized approach to patient care will lead to improved detection, treatment and prevention of disease.

• Explores the effects of sex and gender on disease presentation, treatment and prognosis, and how these differences influence clinical decision-making
• Provides practical guidance that helps clinicians implement a more individualized approach to patient care
• Contains information on diseases in each major specialty, as well as chapters on communication, pharmacology and public health challenges

Biomedical researchers in endocrinology, cardiology, neuroscience, and development biology; medical students, residents, and practicing primary care clinicians as well as PAs and NPs.

Foreword
Maryanne Legato
Introduction
Connie Newman and Marjorie R. Jenkins

Section I: The Importance of Sex and Gender in Patient Care
1. Application of Sex and Gender Health: A Practical Framework
Marjorie R. Jenkins and Catherine A. Johnson
2. Clinician-Patient Communication: Gender Influences
Amy Koerber and Kaye Renshaw

Section II: Sex and Gender Evidence in Health and Disease
3. Addiction: Sex and Gender Evidence in Alcohol, Tobacco, and Opioids Substance Use Disorders
Mishka Terplan, Caitlin Martin and Anna Scialli
4. Autoimmune Diseases: Sex and Gender Evidence in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, and Ankylosing Spondylitis
Kristen Demoruelle and Emily Bowers
5. Cancer Screening and Prevention: Sex and Gender Evidence in Lung, Breast, and Colorectal Cancer 
Rashmi Verma and Manojna Konda
6. Cardiovascular Disease: Sex and Gender Evidence in Acute Ischemic Syndrome and Heart Failure
Basmah Safdar
7. Gastrointestinal Diseases: Sex and Gender Evidence in Liver Lesions, Gastroesophageal Reflux, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Dina Halegoua-De Marzio and Sanaa Arastu
8. Mental Health: Sex and Gender Evidence in Schizophrenia, Depression, and Anxiety Disorders
Susan Kornstein and Bushra Shah
9. Metabolic Disorders: Sex and Gender Evidence in Dyslipidemia, Diabetes, and Obesity
Connie Newman, Katherine Saunders and Savitha Subramanian
10. Musculoskeletal Disorders: Sex and Gender Evidence in ACL Injuries, Osteoarthritis, and Osteoporosis
Kimberly Templeton
11. Neurological Diseases: Sex and Gender Evidence in Stroke, Migraine, and Alzheimer’s Dementia
Neelum Aggarwal
12. Pharmacology: Sex and Gender Evidence in Medication Safety and Efficacy
Rebecca Sleeper and Dr. Cox
13. Public Health in Your Practice: Sex and Gender Considerations in Access to Healthcare, Immunizations, and Intimate Partner Violence
Theresa Byrd and Rubini Pasupathy
14. Respiratory Diseases: Sex and Gender Evidence in Obstructive Sleep Apnea, COPD, and Asthma
Juliana Kling and Kathyrn Williams

Section III: Beyond Point of Care: Sex and Gender Influences in the Community of Practice
15. The Business of Medicine: Making the Case for a Sex and Gender Practice
Marjorie R. Jenkins
16. Knowledge Resources in Sex and Gender Health
Janice L. Werbinski