Chapter 48
Women as Patients
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,Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Nurse Practitioner Prescribers, 4th Edition
Overview
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in women
Factors that influence medication administration
Factors that influence positive outcomes
Common problems
Gay and lesbian health
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, Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Nurse Practitioner Prescribers, 4th Edition
Women as Patients
Prescribing during childbearing years
Constant awareness of possible pregnancy
Lactation requires careful prescribing.
Women are at risk for violence.
All women should be screened.
Women live longer than men.
Live alone
Poverty
Changes in cognitive and physical functioning
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