OXFORD HANDBOOK OF GENITOURINARY MEDICINE, HIV, AND SEXUAL HEALTH by Richard Pattman (Editor), Nathan Sankar (Editor), Babiker Elawad (Editor) ( 9780199571666 )

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OXFORD HANDBOOK OF GENITOURINARY MEDICINE, HIV, AND SEXUAL HEALTH

By:

Richard Pattman (Editor), Nathan Sankar (Editor), Babiker Elawad (Editor)

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019957166X

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9780199571666

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Publisher:

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

30 September, 2010

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Series:

Oxford Medical Handbooks

Pages:

656

Description:

This practical handbook gives evidence-based information on genitourinary medicine, HIV, and sexual health. It includes digestible clinical detail alongside practical information on medico-legal, ethical, and procedural issues. This new edition has been updated throughout and features new sections on contraception and genital dermatology.

Synopsis:

The new edition of this successful handbook provides a balance of evidence-based information on Genitourinary Medicine (GUM), including HIV/AIDS. It provides high quality, digestible clinical detail and also practical information on the ever-increasing medico-legal, ethical, and procedural issues of growing importance when dealing with these complex topics. Designed primarily for the trainee in GUM, it is also a valuable reference and resource for the specialist physician, nurse, and other professionals working in the field of sexual health. The new edition remains relevant to those working in this field and features practical enhanced sections on contraception and genital dermatology written by specialist contributors, and information for general practitioners in order to provide services for STIs. The book consists of three easy-to-follow sections. The first section deals with routine management within GUM; medico-legal and ethical issues, the standard patient, special situations, and routine clinical and laboratory processes that include simple flow chart guidance on common clinical presentations.The second section details GUM conditions in a disease-orientated style, including STIs and also other genitourinary problems that may present. The third section on HIV provides a contemporary epidemiological overview of this infection, basic viral biology and pathogenesis, a disease-orientated description of conditions both directly related and opportunistic, and their management and data on special situations such as pregnancy. Finally guidance on commonly used abbreviations is shown together with a useful resource directory for staff. In essence this handbook provides a wealth of simple and easy to follow information on STIs and the principles of providing a service including administrative and medico-legal issues that are sometimes difficult to locate. This book will be of global use to all those with an interest in sexual health whatever their level of expertise and wherever they may practice.

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24 black and white line diagrams

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Oxford University Press

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