Replete with vital information, the second edition of this authoritative womens health text provides graduate nursing students and nurse practitioners with the resources to deliver optimal health to women of all ages. Edited by a team of highly distinguished clinicians, scholars, and educators, chapters retain a distinctive sociocultural lens that gives a view of womens health as it relates to womens lives and identities. Eighteen new chapters address clinical primary care topics, genetics, environmental and occupational health promotion, health considerations for female caregivers, transgender care, urologic health concerns, dementia care, and more. An instructors toolkit includes multiple resources to enhance critical thinking, and case studies engage critical thinking skills to apply the multidimensional content in context.This uniquely comprehensive resource examines womens health through a variety of clinical practice and theoretical frameworks such as feminism, feminist theory, and globalization. The second edition retains the important focus on prevention, managing symptoms, and health problems that are unique to women. Chapters address relevant legal issues, health throughout the life span, nutrition and exercise, sleep difficulties, mental health, LGBTQ health, fertility, substance abuse, violence against women, and dozens of specific health disorders.NEW TO THE SECOND EDITION:Updated to include the most current evidence-based, primary care management guidelines in womens healthIncludes 18 new chapters addressing health promotion and symptom managementProvides a robust instructors toolkit to foster critical thinkingOrganized to enhance easy retrieval of numerous clinical topicsIncludes theoretical frameworks for womens health, health promotion and prevention, and womens health managementPresents brand-new information on genetics, transgender health, endocrine-related problems, health considerations for caregivers, and dementia careKEY FEATURES:Distills cutting-edge information on womens health issues through a sociocultural frameworkOffers a comprehensive investigation of key topics in womens healthEdited by renowned scholar/educators for advanced practice nursing students
