TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Men’s Health 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 PY - 2018 T2 - Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20e 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. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1160016807 ER -