ist of contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Commonly-used abbreviations -- 1. Obstetric history taking and examination -- 2. Modern maternity care and changing childbirth -- 3. Maternal and perinatal mortality: the confidential enquiries -- 4. Conception, implantation and embryology -- 5. Physiological changes in pregnancy -- 6. Normal fetal development and growth -- 7. Antenatal imaging and assessment of fetal wellbeing -- 8. Antenatal care -- 9. Labour -- 10. The puerperium -- 11. Disorders of placentation -- 12. Prenatal diagnosis -- 13. Multiple gestation -- 14. Antenatal obstetric complications -- 15. Perinatal infections -- 16. Medical diseases complicating pregnancy -- 17. Second trimester miscarriage -- 18. Preterm labour -- 19. Operative intervention in obstetrics -- 20. Obstetric emergencies -- 21. Psychiatric disorders in pregnancy and the puerperium -- 22. Neonatology -- App. 1. Medicolegal issues -- App. 2. Ethics in obstetric practice -- Index.rnPublisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0611/2001273690-d.html