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Gynecologic Health Care Screening

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Unlike many other specialists, gynecologists are in a unique position to affect the health of their patients before a clinical disease takes hold. Approximately 60% of all office visits to general obstetricians/gynecologists are for the purpose of preventive medicine, and 80% of women see their obstetricians/gynecologists regularly for routine examination. One reason for this is that women are introduced to the medical field at a much earlier age than men due to either childbearing or the need for contraception. In addition, women are generally more aware of their bodies than most men.

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  1. Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University of Chicago, Maywood, IL, 60153, USA

    John V. Knaus D.O. (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief) & John H. Isaacs M.D. (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologist-in-Chief) (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief) &  (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologist-in-Chief)

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecologic, St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL, 60202, USA

    John V. Knaus D.O. (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief) (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief)

  3. Section of Gynecologic Oncology, St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL, 60202, USA

    John V. Knaus D.O. (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief) (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief)

  4. St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL, 60202, USA

    John H. Isaacs M.D. (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologist-in-Chief) (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologist-in-Chief)

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Atamdede, F.I., Atamdede, J.W. (1993). Gynecologic Health Care Screening. In: Knaus, J.V., Isaacs, J.H. (eds) Office Gynecology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4340-3_1

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