Handbook of Contraception and Sexual Health

by Suzanne Everett

Overview

Offering a comprehensive guide to contraception and sexual health, the new edition of this practical handbook has been fully updated with the latest clinical guidance, research and methods, including new technologies.

Giving clear and detailed information about all contraceptive methods, including how to use them, contra-indications, interactions and common patient anxieties, this guide takes an integrated approach to sexual health. It includes updated chapters on the consultation, person-centred care, anatomy and physiology and sexually transmitted infections. The new edition has been updated and reformatted to increase accessibility.

With plenty of self-assessment exercises, questions and answers and case scenarios, the Handbook of Contraception and Sexual Health is an essential read for all nurses, midwives and allied health professionals working in community health and primary care settings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138333789
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/16/2020
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Suzanne Everett was a senior nurse practitioner in sexual health and worked in sexual health and HIV clinics in London, including the Margaret Pyke Centre, the Camberwell Sexual Health Clinic, the Marlborough Clinic and the Ian Charleson Day Centre until 2023. She was an Associate Professor in sexual health at Middlesex University. She has a PhD that focuses on student nurses’ experiences of sexuality in clinical placements. Suzanne is an independent prescriber and worked previously as a practice nurse and nurse specialist in contraceptive and sexual health services, beginning in 1991.

Table of Contents

Introduction, 1- The consultation, 2 – The person, 3 – Anatomy and physiology, 4 – Fertility awareness, 5 – Sexually transmitted infections, 6 – Combined methods, 7 – Progestogen methods, 8 – Intrauterine contraception, 9 – Emergency contraception, 10 – Male methods, 11 - Female barrier methods, 12 – Female sterilisation, 13 – Pregnancy: wanted and unwanted, and preconceptual care

Editorial Reviews

‘I welcome the new edition of this well-written, fully accessible and practical resource, suitable and valuable for any provider of sexual and reproductive health, whether doctor, nurse or trainee. It retains the advantages, for style and evenness of quality, of single authorship – by a writer with strong academic credentials yet working regularly ‘at the coal-face’. The chapters are concise with useful check-lists that are not just ‘short notes’, being amplified wherever necessary and supported (unusually for such a text) by more than 200 key references. Having a separate chapter on the IUS (Mirena™) usefully emphasises the distinctness from ‘ordinary’ IUDs, of this brilliant yet still so under-rated method. I liked the case cameos, practical tips, self-assessment questions and the regular section on "sexuality and anxieties" – ensuring the reader is fully attuned to the overall context of counseling, of someone who is so much more than a contraceptive ‘user’.’ – John Guillebaud, Emeritus Professor of Family Planning and Reproductive Health, UCL, UK.

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