Reproduction, Obstetrics, and Gynaecology

Includes Bibliographical references and Index

Introduction; the practice of obstetrics and gynaecology; approach to the patient; the reproductive organs - structure and function; the menstrual cycle; early development; abortion; anatomy and physiology of normal pregnancy; antenatal care and prenatal diagnosis of abnormalities; medical disorders and pregnancy; abnormalities in pregnancy; physiology, mechanisms and management of normal labour; abnormal labour; puerperium and lactation; adaptation to extrauterine life; maternal and perinatal mortality; psychological aspects of reproduction; the breast; contraception; cessation of reproduction; benign disorders of the reproductive organs and bladder; malignant disorders of the reproductive organs; female infertility; reproduction and the male; in vitro fertilization

The purpose of this textbook is to give medical undergraduates a fresh perspective on obstetrics and gynaecology and to take them through their final examinations. Its central theme is reproduction and the text follows fetal development from conception to birth and into the early neonatal period.