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Book SynopsisNow in its 3rd edition,
Lecture Notes: Obstetrics and Gynaecology has been extensively revised and updated to provide a concise and practical introduction to obstetrics and gynaecology for medical students and junior doctors.
Starting with a section on basic science, the text is divided into six sections that explain female health needs and their management from the early years to old age. The self-assessment section is now a separate chapter, and includes Extended Matching Questions (EMQs), scenarios for practical history taking for the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) and Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs).
Part 1 looks at female reproductive anatomy and physiology.
Part 2 covers the puberty and menstrual problems of young women, sub-fertility, pregnancy prevention, and sexual problems.
Part 3 examines the reproductive years including pregnancy and childbirth.
Part 4 covers the mature woman including me
Trade Review
"It's a very easy read with sound basic information including diagrams with relevant clinical points to aid understanding and assist in retention of information. ... If I were a medical student again I would definitely buy it!" (The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, 2009)
Table of Contents
1 Basic science.
PART 1 The Woman.
2 The woman as a patient.
PART 2 The Young Woman.
3 Puberty and menstrual problems of young women.
4 Subfertility.
5 Pregnancy prevention.
6 Benign disease, genital tract infections and sexual problems.
PART 3 The Reproductive Years.
7 The mother and fetus in pregnancy.
8 Bleeding in pregnancy.
9 The antenatal period.
10 Diseases of pregnancy.
11 Diseases in pregnancy.
12 Normal labour.
13 Abnormal labour.
14 Puerperium.
15 The newborn.
PART 4 The Mature Woman.
16 Abnormal vaginal blood loss.
17 Pelvic pain.
18 Breast disease.
19 Screening for gynaecological cancer.
PART 5 The Older Woman.
20 Malignant gynaecological conditions.
21 The menopause.
22 Pelvic floor disorders.
PART 6 Audit of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
23 Statistics of reproductive medicine.
Self-assessment questions.
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