This is the fifth edition of a popular, highly readable primer in obstetrics and gynaecology. It has been thoroughly updated and reconfigured to key into the new undergraduate curriculum n O&G devised by the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
1. Anatomy of the female pelvis
Caroline de Costa
2. Conception and nidation
Roger Pepperell
3. Physiological changes in pregnancy
Fiona Broughton Pipkin
4. Placental and fetal growth and development
E. Malcolm Symonds
5. Perinatal and maternal mortality
Boon H. Lim
Section 2?Essential obstetrics
6. History taking and examination in obstetrics
Edwin Chandraharan
7. Normal pregnancy and antenatal care
Shaylee Iles
8. Obstetric disorders
Henry G. Murray
9. Maternal medicine
Suzanne V.F. Wallace, Henry G. Murray and David James
1. Assessment of fetal wellbeing
David James and Suzanne V.F. Wallace
11. Management of labour
Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
12. Management of delivery
Aldo Vacca
13. Postpartum problems
Shankari Arulkumaran
14. Psychiatric disorders of childbirth
Margaret R. Oates
Section 3?Essential gynaecology
15. Basic clinical skills in gynaecology
Ian M. Symonds
16. Gynaecological disorders
Ian S. Fraser
17. Infertility
William Ledger
18. Early pregnancy care
Ian M. Symonds
19. Sexual and reproductive health
Roger Pepperell
2. Gynaecological oncology
Hextan Y.S. Ngan and Karen Chan
21. Prolapse and disorders of the urinary tract
Ajay Rane and Jay Iyer
Appendices
A: Principles of perioperative care