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About this book
Planned parenthood - and its associated reproductive and sexual healthcare issues - has massive socioeconomic and demographic consequences worldwide. Modern contraception played a major role in the emancipation of women and has huge potential for a sustainable future world population. Yet it is a medical topic which always raises controversy, with serious ethical, religious and cultural overtones. This is an authoritative guide for all those working in reproductive healthcare. Highly practical, evidence-based, with enough detail to inform effective clinical practice, the book is structured on a lifestage approach, mirroring everyday experience of practitioners. All forms of contraceptives are covered in detail, with guidance on prescribing, the advantages and disadvantages of various techniques, and possible complications. The wider field of reproductive healthcare including subfertility and sexual assault are also covered. An ideal guide to contraception for trainees in obstetrics and gynaecology, primary care physicians and nurse-practitioners.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 What women want from their contraceptivesand what we can offer
- 2 Myths and misconceptions about sex and con(tra)ception
- 3 The history of contraception
- 4 Physiology of the menstrual cycle and natural family planning
- 5 The oestrogen component of currently used steroidal contraceptives
- 6 The risk of oestrogens in contraceptives
- 7 Progestogens used in contraceptives
- 8 The contraceptive consultation
- 9 Menarche and associated problems
- 10 Adolescence: contraception in the teenage years
- 11 Contraception in the 20-somethings
- 12 Contraception in the 30-somethings
- 13 Contraception in the 40-somethings
- 14 Contraception in the 50-somethings
- 15 What is the risk of cancer with hormonal contraception?
- 16 New developments in female sterilization
- 17 Male sterilization
- 18 Emergency contraception
- 19 Sexually transmissible infections and pelvic pain: what you really need to know
- 20 Medical termination of pregnancy
- 21 Surgical termination of pregnancy
- 22 Primary care treatment of subfertility and what every health professional needs to know about assisted reproductive technology
- 23 Sexual assault
- 24 Future developments in contraception
- Index