Main description:

This issue has the unique focus of complete health care for the female--from birth to advanced age. Specific topics covered include the following: Ambiguous genitalia; Precocious puberty; Issues related to care access (consent, confidentiality); Teenage pregnancy; Menopause symptom management; Sexuality; Pessary care; Preconception planning; IPV and dating violence; Sexually-transmitted infections (include HPV and vaccination); Care of Women living with HIV/AIDS; Sexual minority care; High-risk pregnancy; and Lactation. The reader will come away with the current clinical information needed to provide care for girls and women of all ages.

Contents:

Female Health Across the Lifespan

Preface: Female Health Across the Lifespan

Section I: Childhood

Urine Collection Methods in Children: Which Is the Best?

Section II: Adolescence

Adolescent Confidentiality and Women's Health: History, Rationale, and Current

Threats

Integrating Optimal Screening, Intervention, and Referral for Postpartum

Depression in Adolescents

Section III: Common to Childbearing-Aged Women

Preconception Care for the Patient and Family

Intimate Partner Violence: What Health Care Providers Should Know

Common Sexually Transmitted Infections in Women

The Psychosocial and Clinical Well-Being of Women Living with Human

Immunodeficiency Virus/AIDS

Health Care of Sexual Minority Women

High-Risk Pregnancy

Helping Mothers Reach Personal Breastfeeding Goals

Section IV: Older Adult

Menopause Symptom Management in the United Kingdom

Sexuality and Intimacy in the Older Adult Woman

Person-Centered Care for Patients with Pessaries