Dewhurst's textbook of obstetrics & gynaecology / edited by D. Keith Edmonds, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, Goldhawk Road, London, UK.

Rev. ed. of: Dewhurst's textbook of obstetrics and gynaecology for postgraduates. 6th ed. 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Clinical anatomy of the pelvis and reproductive tract / Alan Farthing -- Maternal physiology / Fiona Broughton-Pipkin -- The placenta and fetal membranes / Berthold Huppertz and John C.P. Kingdom -- Normal fetal growth / Jason Gardosi -- Pre-conception counselling / Andrew McCarthy -- Antenatal care / Timothy G. Overton -- Normal labour / A.A. Calder -- Fetal monitoring during labour / James A. Low -- Analgesia and anaesthesia / John A. Crowhurst -- Puerperium and lactation / D. Keith Edmonds -- Neonatal care for obstetricians / M.A. Thomson and A.D. Edwards -- Spontaneous miscarriage / Joanne Topping and Roy G. Farquarson -- Recurrent miscarriage / Raj Rai -- Ectopic pregnancy / Davor Jurkovic -- Trophoblast disease / Philip Savage and Michael Seckl -- Prenatal diagnosis and genetics / Sailesh Kumar -- Fetal medicine in clinical practice / R.C. Wimalasundera -- Obstetric emergencies / Sara Paterson-Brown -- Disorders of fetal growth and assessment of fetal well-being / G.C.S. Smith and C.C. Lees -- Multiple pregnancy / Nicholas M. Fisk -- Preterm labour / Philip Bennett -- Prolonged pregnancy / Patricia Crowley -- Induction and augmentation of labour / G. Justus Hofmeyr -- Malpresentation, malposition, cephalopelvic disproportion and obstetric procedures / S. Arulkumaran -- Hypertensive disorders / Andrew Shennan -- Heart disease in pregnancy / Catherine Nelson-Piercy -- Diabetes and endocrine disease in pregnancy / Anne Dornhorst and Catherine Williamson -- Renal disease / John Davison -- Haematological problems in pregnancy / P. Clark, A.J. Thomson and I.A. Greer -- Miscellaneous medical disorders / Andrew McCarthy -- Obstetric statistics / Jim G. Thornton -- Contraception / Anna Glasier -- Termination of pregnancy / Gillian Flett and Allen Templeton -- Normal and abnormal development of the genital tract / D. Keith Edmonds -- The menstrual cycle / William L. Ledger -- The role of ultrasound in gynaecology / Joanne Topping -- Gynaecological disorders of childhood and adolescence / D. Keith Edmonds -- Primary amenorrhoea / D. Keith Edmonds -- Polycystic ovarian syndrome and secondary amenorrhoea / Adam H. Balen -- Menstrual problems: menorrhagia and primary dysmenorrhoea / Margaret C.P. Rees -- Premenstrual syndrome / P.M.S. O'Brien -- Pelvic infection / Jonathan D.C. Ross and Peter Stewart -- Chronic pelvic pain / R. William Stones -- Endometriosis / Stephen Kennedy and Philippe Koninckx -- Infertility / Siladitya Bhattacharya -- Assisted reproduction / Geoffrey Trew -- Menopause and the postmenopausal woman / Nick Panay -- Pelvic floor dysfunction I: uterovaginal prolapse / Anthony R.B. Smith -- Urninary incontinence / D. Robinson and L. Cardozo -- Hysteroscopy and laparoscopy / Adam Magos -- Benign disease of the vulva / Richard Staughton -- Malignant disease of the vulva and vagina / David M. Luesley -- Benign diseases of the vagina, cervix and ovary / D. Keith Edmonds -- Premalignant and malignant disease of the cervix / Mahmood I. Shafi -- Epithelial ovarian cancer / Hani Gabra -- Benign disease of the uterus / Mary Ann Lumsden -- Cancer of the uterine corpus / Henry C. Kitchener -- Sexual dysfunction / Fran Reader -- Ethical dilemmas in obstetrics and gynaecology / Gordon M. Stirrat -- The law and the obstetrician and gynaecologist / Bertie Leigh -- Domestic violence and sexual assault / Maureen Dalton.