How 'male health' fits into the field of urology

ABSTRACT The shorter life span and poorer health of men compared with women is concerning, affecting spouses, families, and communities. Physicians and policy makers have identified a

growing need for a gender-specific focus on the unique health needs of boys and men and accompanying services. Men's health has emerged as a new discipline that is responsible for a

gender-specific approach to health-services delivery, government policy, research, and advocacy. The urologic community has taken a leadership role in this specialty by defining the issues

that face men in the 21st century, bringing together disparate areas of clinical care and research, and collaborating with stakeholders (such as primary care physicians and specialists from

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of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Main Pavilion, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON M5T 2S8, Canada Dean S. Elterman * Iris Cantor Men's Health Centre, Weill Cornell Medical College,

425 East 61st Street, New York, 10065, NY, USA Steven A. Kaplan * Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington Medical Centre, SP1266, 1st

Floor, Surgery Pavilion, Box 356158, 1959 N. E. Pacific Street, Seattle, 98195, WA, USA Richard S. Pelman * Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Gordon &

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