Oxford Handbook of Reproductive Medicine and Family Planning

The Oxford Handbook of Reproductive Medicine and Family Planning, second edition provides essential practical information in the care of the adolescent and reproductive age females and males. Evidence-based and concise, this handbook is the must-have resource for all practitioners, trainees, and students in sexual and reproductive healthcare. Fully updated for the second edition, this handbook now contains additional practical guidance, algorithms and diagrams, a new chapter on recurrent miscarriage, as well as expanded informaiton on topics such as PCOs and hirsuitism. It follows chronological age up to the menopause, covering areas such as the reproductive system, puberty, the menstrual cycle, contraceptive methods, and infertility. This is the essential guide to all aspects of reproductive medicine, family planning and sexual health, providing all the vital information the reader needs.PART 1 ; 1. Sexual differentiation ; 2. Steroid hormones ; 3. Menarche and adolescent gynaecology ; 4. Ovaries and the menstrual cycle ; 5. Polycystic ovary syndrome ; 6. Hirsutism and virilization ; 7. Amenorrhoea and oligomenorrhoea ; 8. Recurrent Miscarriage ; 9. Menopause and hormone replacement therapy ; 10. Initial advice to those concerned about delays in conception ; 11. Defining infertility ; 12. Investigation of fertility problems ; 13. Management strategies for fertility problems ; 14. Male infertility ; 15. Ovulation induction ; 16. Tubal and uterine disorders ; 17. Medical and surgical management of endometriosis ; 18. Intra-uterine insemination ; 19. In vitro fertilization (IVF) and associated assisted conception techniques ; PART 2 ; 20. Fertility and fertility awareness ; 21. Male contraception ; 22. Vaginal methods ; 23. The combined oral contraceptive (COC) ; 24. Progestogen-only pill (POP) ; 25. Injectables ; 26. Contraceptive implants ; 27. Intra-uterine contraception ; 28. Postcoital contraception ; 29. Sterilization ; 30. Special considerations