This book fills a major gap in the literature by providing comprehensive guidelines for the care of male patients through the lifecycle and across healthcare settings. Devoted solely to improving men's health, this book serves as an accessible, practical reference for clinicians treating these patients. It focuses on the psychosocial challenges that men encounter in obtaining healthcare as well as acute and chronic medical and psychological diseases. The book also offers current evidence-based guidelines for wellness and health maintenance. Topics include the problem of help seeking, preventative services, sexual dysfunction, cardiovascular health, prostate cancer screening, and testosterone deficiency. Men's Health in Primary Care is a valuable resource for primary care clinicians and students in family medicine, internal medicine, and adolescent medicine.

First book of its kind to present up-to-date information on all aspects of men's health in the primary care? setting Provides guidelines for performing evidence-based well male examinations on children, adolescents, and adults Will prepare primary care providers for many new male patients covered under the Affordable Care Act Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Joel J. Heidelbaugh, MD, FAAFP, FACG Clinical Associate Professor Departments of Family Medicine and Urology University of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Inhalt
Men's Health in the 2010's: What is the Global Challenge?.- Masculinity in Men's Health: Barrier or Portal to Healthcare.- Health Seeking Behavior and Meeting the Needs for the Most Vulnerable Men.- Providing Preventive Services for Men: A Substantial Challenge?.- The Evidence-Based Physical Examination of the Child and Adolescent Male.- Caring for the Adolescent Male.- The Evidence-Based Well Examination in Adult Men.- Promoting Cardiovascular Health in Adult Men.- Male Sexual Health.- Sexually Transmitted Infections in Men.- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms.- Testicular, Scrotal and Penile Disorders.- Male Hypogonadism: The Relationship to Cardiometabolic Syndrome and the Controversy Behind Testosterone Replacement Therapy.- Prostate Cancer: A Primary Care Perspective.- Caring for Men Who Have Sex with Men.