Publisher's Synopsis
PART ONE: OBSTETRICS, Computerisation of obstetric records/Anaemia in obstetrics/Neurological disorders and pregnancy/Abdominal pain in pregnancy/Gestational diabetes/Triplet pregnancy/Uterine contractions and the fetus/Fetal blood gases and pH: current application/Implications of increasing rates of Caesarean section/Gaesarean and postpartum hysterectomy/Destructive operations/Sudden postpartum collapse. PART TWO: GYNAECOLOGY, The new ethical problems in infertility/Male infertility and in vitro fertilisation/Timing of ovulation/Ultrasound in gynaecological practice/Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging in obstetrics and gynaecology/Surgical pelviscopy: review of 12,060 pelviscopies, 1970-85/A gender identity crisis in males and females/Premalignant lesions of the lower genital tract/Staging in gynaecological cancer/Improving the prognosis in ovarian cancer/Index. (biographical info. about author) Examiner for the RCOG at the Universities of Birmingham and London, Member of the Council of RCOG.
