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Concise clinical obstetrics

Obstetric management

Handbook of obstetric management.
Sylvia K Rosevear, Gordon M Stirrat. Oxford: Blackwell Science 1996 (397 pp.).
ISBN: 063-2035-552.

This compact paperback comprehensively covers the clinical practice of obstetrics -- from early pregnancy (including the use of quantitative b human chorionic gonadotropin assays, early untrasound and fetal diagnostic procedures), to labour, the postpartum period, and neo -natal care.

The 11 chapters are clearly identified by highlighted numbers at the side of every page, and information is ordered logically within each chapter. An index for each chapter allows rapid location of specific areas of interest.

The information is concise, and detailed management strategies, including investigations and therapeutic regimens, are given. The authors, from New Zealand and the United Kingdom, while acknowledging that opinions may vary in obstetric practice, have written an easy-to-use handbook that is directly relevant to the clinical practice of obstetrics in Australia today.

Glenn C Lewis
Senior Registrar in Obstetrics
King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, Perth, WA

 


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