A model of care for healthy menopause and ageing: EMAS position statement.
Worldwide, the number of menopausal women is increasing. They present with complex medical issues that lie beyond the traditional scope of gynaecologists and general practitioners (GPs). The European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS) therefore provides a holistic model of care for healthy menopause (HM). The HM healthcare model's core consists of a lead clinician, specialist nurse(s) and the woman herself, supported by an interdisciplinary network of medical experts and providers of alternative/complementary medicine. As HM specialist teams are scarce in Europe, they are also responsible for structuring and optimizing processes in primary care (general gynaecologists and GPs) and secondary care (HM specialists). Activities for accreditation of the subspecialty Women's Health are encouraged.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Women's Hospital, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: stutepe@web.de.
Petra
P
Stute
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 'Dr. I. Cantacuzino' Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
Iuliana
I
Ceausu
Breast Clinic and Menopause Clinic, University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Gent, Belgium.
Herman
H
Depypere
Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Greece.
Irene
I
Lambrinoudaki
University Women's Hospital of Tuebingen, Calwer Street 7, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany.
Alfred
A
Mueck
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zaragoza University Faculty of Medicine, Lozano-Blesa University Hospital, Zaragoza 50009, Spain.
Faustino R
FR
Pérez-López
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Yvonne T
YT
van der Schouw
Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, IVF Unit, Istanbul, Turkey.
Levent M
LM
Senturk
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Roma, 67, 56100, Pisa, Italy.
Tommaso
T
Simoncini
National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Royal Brompton Campus Hospital, London SW3 6NP, UK.
John C
JC
Stevenson
Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
Margaret
M
Rees
D000375:Aging; D047649:Andropause; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care; D016387:Women's Health
EMAS; Healthcare model; Healthy menopause; Holistic; Women’s health