Gynecologic Health With an Introduction to Prenatal and Postpartum Care continues to set the standard for evidence-based gynecologic health care and well-being in an extensively updated fourth edition. As in prior editions, the text presents gynecologic health care using a holistic and person-centered approach. Encompassing both health promotion and management of gynecologic conditions, it provides clinicians and students with a strong foundation in gynecologic care and the knowledge necessary to apply it in clinical practice. With an emphasis on the importance of respecting the normalcy of physiology, it is an essential reference for all midwives, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other clinicians who provide gynecologic health care.
I appreciate the feminist perspective but thought some of the information could have been clearer. I know guidelines change by the time text is published but struggled to understand what “standard testing” was on several occasions. For example, semen analysis for infertility testing.. historically, two analysis were used but some clinicians will do one analysis… so which one is it? Because both show up on my exam and I’m not exactly sure what is the correct choice. Also, the color choice of the headlines gave me a headache. It was hard to read. I appreciate the color pictures at the end, but would have been nice to reference throughout my reading. Overall, I learned a lot but those are the cons.