Obstetrics by ten teachers / edited by Louise C. Kenny and Fergus McCarthy.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Obstetric history taking and examination -- Modern maternity care -- Physiological changes in pregnancy -- Normal fetal development and growth -- Antenatal care -- Antenatal imaging and assessment of fetal well-being -- Prenatal diagnosis -- Antenatal obstetric complications -- Twins and higher multiple gestations -- Pre-eclampsia and other disorders of placentation -- Late miscarriage and early birth -- Medical diseases complicating pregnancy --Perinatal infections -- labour -- Operative intervention in obstetrics -- Obstetric emergencies -- The puerperium -- Psychiatric disorders and the puerperium -- Neonatology -- Ethical and medicolegal issues in obstetric practice.

First published in 1917 as 'Midwifery', Obstetrics by Ten Teachers is well established as a concise, yet comprehensive, guide within its field. The twentieth edition has been thoroughly updated by a new team of 'teachers', integrating clinical material with the latest scientific developments that underpin patient care. Each chapter is highly structured, with learning objectives, definitions, aetiology, clinical features, investigations, treatments, case histories and key point summaries and additional reading where appropriate. New themes for this edition include 'professionalism' and 'global health' and information specific to both areas is threaded throughout the text. Along with its companion Gynaecology by Ten Teachers the book will continue to provide an accessible 'one stop shop' in obstetrics and gynaecology for a new generation of doctors.