This fifth edition offers a comprehensive, user friendly, clinically focused resource for busy clinicians, advanced practice students, and faculty. Previous editions focused on the assessment of women and related women’s health skills and procedures. This book continues to provide updated skills and procedures, along with enhanced tables and figures, to help clearly describe these basic and advanced skills. Responding to reader requests, chapters now include (if appropriate) management/pharmacology summary charts and case studies. The book expanded into management of various women’s health conditions, the need to include additional topics became apparent. This led to fourteen new chapters written by content experts. These chapters include telehealth in women’s health; vaginal infections and vaginal microscopy; mental health screening; preconception care; complementary and alternative medical therapies; adolescent health; lactation assessment and management; female veterans; male sexual and reproductive health; amenorrhea; premenstrual syndrome/premenstrual dysphoric disorder; sexual health and related problems; human trafficking; and the contraceptive consult. All chapters have been updated and expanded to reflect current research, evidence-based clinical guidelines, and new technologies. The book begins with a comprehensive review of the basic anatomy and physiology of women/persons with a vagina. A complete under-standing of the complexities of the menstrual cycle and normal vaginal flora, examined at the cellular level, is imperative for accurate understanding and diagnoses of conditions that affect this community. The book offers practical guidance to help advanced practice students, preceptors, faculty, and clinicians. The content reflects an extensive review of current literature integrated with our authors’ extensive years of clinical experience and teaching. In addition, it welcomes expanded panel of advanced practice clinicians from a wide variety of women’s health specialties who have generously shared their expertise as contributing authors and reviewers.
