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Record Nr.

UNINA9910831164903321

Autore

Peate Ian

Titolo

Men's health [[electronic resource] ] : the practice nurse's handbook / / Ian Peate

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2007

ISBN

1-281-03206-9

9786611032067

0-470-69780-6

0-470-51243-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 p.)

Collana

Wiley series in nursing

Disciplina

362.1081

616.0081

Soggetti

Men - Health and hygiene

Men - Diseases

Nursing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

MEN'S HEALTHThe Practice Nurse's Handbook; Contents; About the author; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Introduction; 1 Masculinities and gender; 2 Promoting health: the male perspective; 3 Male health inequalities; 4 Men as risk takers; 5 Young men and boys; 6 Contraception; 7 Sexually transmitted infections; 8 Osteoporosis; 9 Obesity; 10 Erectile dysfunction; 11 Smoking and the male reproductive tract; 12 Working with specific groups of men; 13 Psychological issues and the male; 14 Male cancers; 15 Exercise and sports injury; Word list; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Providing user-friendly information in an accessible manner, Men's Health: The Practice Nurse's Handbook provides nurses with an insight and understanding of contemporary issues that affect men, their partners, and their families. Author Ian Peate addresses some of the common issues/conditions that may be seen or encountered by the practice nurse and provides practical evidence-based information and guidance. There are seventeen chapters in total addressing key/salient issues associated with the health of men.