Reproductive Healthcare for the Medically Complex Adolescent and Young Adult

Über die Autorin

Dr. Paula J. Adams Hillard  is Professor Emerita in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford Univesity School of Medicine.  She founded the program in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford as well as the Fellowship Program in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.  She is an internationally-recognized expert in pediatric and adolescent gynecology with a focus on menstrual management and contraception.  She has edited 10 previous textbooks and authored over 130 book chapters as well as over 160  peer-reviewed articles and abstracts. 

Dr. Rachel L. Goldstein is Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is also a board certified Clinical Informaticist with expertise in adolescent confidentiality and the electronic health record. Dr. Goldstein is the Director of Adolescent and Young Adult Transition Programs within the division, having developed reproductive health programs to improve access to care in the inpatient and outpatient settings.

Dr. Jennifer L. Carlson is Professor of Pediatrics in the Division Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at University of California, San Francisco, where she provides primary and specialty care to adolescents and young adults with medical complexity. She is board certified in Clinical Informatics and has collaborated on operational initiatives to improve adolescent privacy and information sharing within the electronic health record (EHR).

This book focuses on the reproductive health needs of adolescents and young adults with health conditions, both chronic and medically complex. As strides have been made in the medical management of chronic and severe health conditions across the world, more medically complex children are surviving and thriving into their reproductive years. Appropriate reproductive health care depends on both reaching adolescents and young adults where they are (both physically and developmentally), as well as understanding the nuances that may be associated with specific medical conditions.