
How Sex and Gender Impact Clinical Practice
An Evidence-Based Guide to Patient Care
Description
Key Features
- 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
Readership
Biomedical researchers in endocrinology, cardiology, neuroscience, and development biology; medical students, residents, and practicing primary care clinicians as well as PAs and NPs.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Maryanne Legato
Introduction
Connie Newman and Marjorie R. JenkinsSection 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 RenshawSection 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 WilliamsSection 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
Product details
- No. of pages: 360
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2020
- Published: December 1, 2020
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128165690
- eBook ISBN: 9780128167502
About the Editors
Marjorie Jenkins
Affiliations and Expertise
Connie Newman
Affiliations and Expertise
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