Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Lecture Notes)

Lecture Notes: Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 3rd Revised edition--------------------------------------------------Now in its 3rd edition, Lecture Notes: Obstetrics and Gynaecology hasbeen extensively revised and updated to provide a concise and practicalintroduction to obstetrics and gynaecology for medical students andjunior doctors. Starting with a section on basic science, the textis divided into six sections that explain female health needs and theirmanagement from the early years to old age. The self-assessment sectionis now a separate chapter, and includes Extended Matching Questions(EMQs), scenarios for practical history taking for the Objective StructuredClinical Examination (OSCE) and Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs).Part 1 looks at female reproductive anatomy and physiology. Part 2covers the puberty and menstrual problems of young women, sub-fertility,pregnancy prevention, and sexual problems. Part 3 examines the reproductiveyears including pregnancy and childbirth. Part 4 covers the maturewoman including menstrual problems of the older woman and pelvic pain.Part 5 discusses the older woman including the menopause, incontinenceand malignancy including breast cancer. Part 6 demonstrates the importanceof public health statistics on the provision of services in obstetricsand gynaecology. Now in two-colour throughout, with a new colour platesection, Lecture Notes: Obstetrics and Gynaecology covers the corematerial needed for O&,G courses, written specifically for medicalstudents, nursing students, junior doctors on the Foundation Programmeand the first two years of specialist training, midwives, and GPs.--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Diana Hamilton-Fairley is a Consultant Obstetricianand Gynaecologist and is Deputy Director of Medical Education at Guy'sand St. Thomas' Hospital Trust.