Contraception
A Casebook from Menarche to Menopause

This authoritative guide to contraception gives highly practical, evidence-based advice, with enough detail to inform effective clinical practice.

Paula Briggs (Edited by), Gabor Kovacs (Edited by), John Guillebaud (Consultant editor)

9781107614666, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 11 July 2013

256 pages, 25 b/w illus.
23.5 x 15.5 x 1.2 cm, 0.44 kg

'This should have been titled 'All you ever wanted to know about the issues around contraception'. This is a relatively unique book in that it is the first book I have read that covers libido and sexual drive as well as discussing the issues around sex and contraception at different stages of life … I found this book very interesting and will keep it to use as a handy reference book for the facts behind contraception, some of which are not usually covered.' The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

Planned parenthood - and its associated reproductive and sexual healthcare issues - has massive socioeconomic and demographic consequences worldwide. Modern contraception played a major role in the emancipation of women and has huge potential for a sustainable future world population. Yet it is a medical topic which always raises controversy, with serious ethical, religious and cultural overtones. This is an authoritative guide for all those working in reproductive healthcare. Highly practical, evidence-based, with enough detail to inform effective clinical practice, the book is structured on a lifestage approach, mirroring everyday experience of practitioners. All forms of contraceptives are covered in detail, with guidance on prescribing, the advantages and disadvantages of various techniques, and possible complications. The wider field of reproductive healthcare including subfertility and sexual assault are also covered. An ideal guide to contraception for trainees in obstetrics and gynaecology, primary care physicians and nurse-practitioners.

Foreword
Preface
1. What do women want from their contraceptives … and what we can offer Johannes Bitzer
2. Myths and misconceptions about sex and con(tra)ception Rik H. W. van Lunsen
3. The history of contraception Lesley Smith
4. Physiology of the menstrual cycle, and natural family planning Gabor Kovacs and Paula Briggs
5. The oestrogen component of currently-used steroidal contraceptives David Crook
6. The risk of oestrogens in contraceptives Sven O. Skouby
7. Progestogens used in contraceptives Susanna Hall and Ailsa Gebbie
8. The contraceptive consultation Caroline Harvey, Kathleen Mcnamee and Deborah Bateman
9. Menarche and associated problems Mary Hernon and Vicky Sephton
10. Adolescence – contraception in the teenage years Kathy French
11. The twentysomething Paula Briggs
12. Contraception in the thirtysomethings Anne Szarewski
13. Contraception in the fortysomethings Sunanda Gupta and Ali A. Kubba
14. The fiftysomething Marie-Odile Gerval, Nicholas Panay and Paula Briggs
15. What is the risk of cancer with hormonal contraception? Philip C. Hannaford and Lisa Iversen
16. New developments in female sterilisation Gabor Kovacs and Paula Briggs
17. Male sterilisation Tina Peers and Tony Feltblower
18. Emergency contraception Anne Connolly and Lynne Garforth
19. Sexually transmissible infections and pelvic pain, what you really need to know Mike Abbott
20. Medical termination of pregnancy Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson
21. Surgical termination of pregnancy Kate Guthrie
22. Primary care treatment of subfertility, and what every health professional needs to know about Assisted Reproductive Technology Gabor Kovacs
23. Sexual assault Catherine White
24. Future developments in contraception Jean-Jacques Amy
Index.

Subject Areas: Gynaecology & obstetrics [MJT], Birth control, contraception, family planning [MBNH4]