Now in its fully revised and expanded fourth edition, this text includes the most up-to-date and comprehensive review of female contraception, offering an extensive overview of contraception types, including oral, injectable, emergency, and various cervical barrier contraceptives. It also discusses behavioral and sterilization methods of contraception as well as the clinical effectiveness, advantages, disadvantages, side effects, and mechanisms of action of each method.

The first part of the book presents a comprehensive review and an extensive overview of contraceptive types including oral, injectable, IUD, implant, ring, emergency, and various cervical barrier contraceptives. It also covers behavioral methods and female and male sterilization. For each contraceptive method, its clinical effectiveness, advantages, disadvantages, side effects, and mechanisms of action will be discussed at length.

As in the 4th edition, Part two of the bookaddresses specific clinical issues that healthcare providers face daily. The first chapter in Part II addresses treating healthy patients followed by those with bleeding problems, fibroids or hyperplasia, obese patients and patients with acne or hirsutism. The following chapters address other clinical issues including selecting contraceptives for women with medical problems, perimenopausal women, adolescents, and post-pregnancy patients. The final chapter reviews contraceptive controversies. The chapters on contraception in the adolescent and controversies in contraception are completely new chapters.

Written by experts in the field, The Handbook of Contraception , Fourth Edition , is a valuable resource for obstetricians, gynecologists, reproductive medicine specialists and primary care physicians.

Includes comprehensive up-to-date, evidence-based clinical recommendations and rationales on contraceptive use Contains surgical options vasectomy and tubal ligation Explains recently approved contraceptive methods and new FDA approval guidelines for existing methods

Autorentext
Donna Shoupe, M.D., MBA

Professor, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Keck School of Medicine of USC

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Inhalt

Prescribing Contraceptive Methods .- Contraceptive Effectiveness.- Combination Oral Contraceptive Pills.- Progestin-Only Oral Contraceptives.- Transdermal Contraceptive Delivery Systems.- The Contraceptive Vaginal Ring.- Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate.- Implantable Contraception.- Intrauterine Contraception.- Barrier Contraceptives.- Emergency Contraception.- Female Permanent Contraception.- Female Tubal Sterilization.- Behavioral Methods of Contraception.- Evidence Based Practice Guidelines .- Male Permanent Contraception: Vasectomy.- Choosing the Right Contraceptive.- Contraception for Women with Medical Conditions.- Contraception for the Postpartum Period.- Contraception in Perimenopausal Patients.- Adolescent Contraception.- Controversies in Contraception.