A General Practitioner's Guide to Genitourinary Medicine and Sexual Health

This fully illustrated and easy to follow text provides GPs with clear guidelines on how to diagnose and manage the many common genito-medical and sexual health problems seen in general practice. The 'symptom oriented' approach provides quick and clear reference, with essential extra information provided for the more important conditions. Useful advice is given on how to take a sexual history and who to refer on to GU medicine. The volume covers the full range of commonly occurring male and female GU problems, including sexually acquired and non-sexually acquired, and also includes chapters on genital problems in children, and advice on contraception. In addition to being an excellent and practical source of information and advice for the busy GP, it will also be of benefit to practice nurses, other health professionals, and medical students entering their clinical year.

ISBN 0521556562   DEWEY edition DC20 ISBN13 9780521556569 (What's this?)   Pages 121 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Volumes 001 Imprint Cambridge University Press   Weight (grammes) 299 Format Paperback   Published in Cambridge Publication date 20 Jun 1996   Height (mm) 247 Writer of foreword Tom O'Dowd   Width (mm) 174 Library of Congress RC872.9 .S65 1996   Spine width (mm) 10 DEWEY 616.6   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

		Foreword by Tom O'Dowd
		Introduction
		Acknowledgements
1		Which patients to refer to genitourinary medicine		1
2		Routine investigations performed in genitourinary medicine		3
3		Taking a sexual history		6
4		Bacterial vaginosis		9
5		Candidiasis		14
6		Other causes of vaginal discharge		19
7		A general approach to the management of vaginal discharge		23
8		Vulval problems		27
9		Frequency - dysuria syndrome		33
10		Pelvic pain		36
11		Cytology and colposcopy		39
12		Contraception and genital tract infection		47
13		Dysuria in young men		51
14		Prostatitis, prostatodynia and haematospermia		56
15		Scrotal pain		60
16		Penile rashes		64
17		Genital ulceration		67
18		Genital 'lumps'		77
19		Genital irritation		86
20		Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection		90
21		Genital problems in children		100
		Further reading		104
		Index		105

' ... the definitive desk-top reference book for busy general practitioners ... an immensely readable book covering all a GP would need to know about the diagnosis and management of common genital ailments and, more importantly, giving guidelines on when to refer to a genitourinary medicine clinic.' Genitorinary Medicine 'This clear, well-written, illustrated text is long overdue and should be in every GP's surgery library ... I have not read a more useful GP's guide for many years.' Dr Mike McGhee, Trends in Urology, Gynaecology and Sexual Health 'In Britain 'sexual health' is often addressed during family planning or cervical smear clinics by practice nurses and they will find the lucid and unstuffy text helpful ... it contains sensible views on all the current controversies, indicating where our knowledge stops and research is awaited.' M. R. Fitzgerald, British Medical Journal 'This clear and concise reference book on GU medicine can be recommended to GPs and practice nurses ... with good illustrations ... while offering easily accessible clinical information, it also makes clear the limitations of treating STIs in general practice.' Contraceptive Education Bulletin 'The layout of the book is very pleasing, making it a quick, clear guide for easy use ... The information provided is excellent ... GPs and practice nurses will find this a very helpful and practical book.' Imelda O'Mahony, Professional Nurse 'The book really is a model of clarity ... I really cannot fault this book and recommend it for every library and consulting room in the land.' Doctor '... an excellent user-friendly text that represents GUM as a vibrant speciality with a broad client base ... symptom-based approach ... could usefully replace the tattered tomes on sexually transmitted disease that languish on many nursing library shelves ...'. Nursing Times

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