(Ebook) Each Woman’s Menopause: An Evidence Based Resource: For Nurse Practitioners, Advanced Practice Nurses and Allied Health Professionals by Patricia Geraghty, (ed.) ISBN 9783030854836, 3030854833

(Ebook) Each Woman’s Menopause: An Evidence Based Resource: For Nurse Practitioners, Advanced Practice Nurses and Allied Health Professionals by Patricia Geraghty, (ed.) ISBN 9783030854836, 3030854833

Menopause is a shared developmental transition for every woman in the world fortunate enough to enjoy a typical lifespan. However the experience and the options for symptom management vary widely among groups and between individuals. The title of this book, Each Woman’s Menopause, is chosen to spotlight this diversity, aswell as the importance of adapting the body of knowledge to each person. A goal of every author has been inclusivity. It is challenging in medical literature to overcome identifying one population as the “norm,” which then classifies all remaining individuals as “other.” Clinicians providing care in regions outside of Europe or North America, and in diverse groups within those areas, often find the people they see are invisible in the data. The authors have faced the same challenge. The history of menopause includes women’s stories from every continent. Likewise, the exploration of menopause symptoms illustrates the variability of both the experience and the impact on individuals within regions and with different social opportunities for health. The effect of chronic disease and the ability to optimize age-related health trajectories are tied to both the region’s and the individual’s resources. Finally, themanagement of symptoms and of related challenges includes therapies widely available as well as options pertinent to specific regions.