"This practical handbook provides a clear and comprehensive evidence-based guide to the care of women in primary care, intended for general and family practitioners, nurses, physician assistants, and all those who practise primary care of women. It emphasizes preventive and well-woman care throughout the life-cycle of a woman, including sexuality, contraception, medical care in pregnancy, and psychological and important medical concerns. This new edition, revised and updated throughout with several new contributing authors, incorporates the latest evidence and research-findings on a wide range of problems for which women seek medical guidance. There is an expanded section on menstrual problems and menopause-associated conditions, including clear guidance on the use of hormone replacement therapy."--Publisher's description.

Preventive health care for older women -- Nutrition -- Physical activity and exercise -- Psychosocial health of well women through the life-cycle -- Sexuality through the life-cycle -- Contraception -- Infertility -- Medical care and pregnancy: common preconception and antepartum issues -- Menstrual changes: amenorrhea, oligomenorrhea, polycystic ovary syndrome, and abnormal menstrual bleeding -- Menstrual, urogynecological and vasomotor changes in perimenopause and menopause -- Sexually transmitted diseases -- Vaginitis -- Chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, and dyspareunia -- The Papanicolaou smear and cervical cancer -- Postmenopausal bleeding and endometrial cancer -- Ovarian cancer and masses -- Urinary incontinence and infections -- Benign breast disease -- Breast cancer screening -- Intimate partner violence against women -- Depression -- Alcoholism, nicotine dependence and drug abuse -- Coronary heart disease -- Diabetes in mid-life women -- Thyroid disorders -- Hypertension and stroke -- Osteoporosis -- Arthritis.