RT Book, Section
A1 Bhasin, Shalender
A1 Basaria, Shehzad
A2 Jameson, J. Larry
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Hauser, Stephen L.
A2 Longo, Dan L.
A2 Loscalzo, Joseph
SR Print(0)
ID 1160016807
T1 Men’s Health
T2 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644016
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1160016807
RD 2024/04/18
AB The  emergence  of  men’s  health  as  a  distinct  discipline  within  internal  medicine  is  founded  on  the  wide  consensus  that  men  and  women  differ  across  their  lifespan  in  their  susceptibility  to  disease,  in  the  clinical  manifestations  of  the  disease,  and  in  their  response  to  treatment.  Furthermore,  men  and  women  weigh  the  health  consequences  of  illness  differently  and  have  different  motivation  for  seeking  care.  Men  and  women  experience  different  types  of  disparities  in  access  to  healthcare  services,  and  in  the  manner  in  which  health  care  is  delivered  to  them  because  of  a  complex  array  of  socioeconomic  and  cultural  factors.  Attitudinal  and  institutional  barriers  to  accessing  care,  fear,  and  embarrassment  due  to  the  perception  that  it  is  not  manly  to  seek  medical  help,  and  reticence  on  the  part  of  patients  and  physicians  in  discussing  issues  related  to  sexuality,  drug  use,  and  aging  have  heightened  the  need  for  programs  tailored  to  address  the  specific  health  needs  of  men.