Clinical Progress in Obstetrics and Gynecology brings clinicians and postgraduates fully up to date with the latest developments and research in the field. Each topic is presented in a step by step, easy to read manner, with a detailed overview of the condition, diagnosis and treatment options. Each chapter includes a comprehensive reference section. In addition to discussion on conditions encountered in day to day practice, the book also covers offbeat topics including domestic violence against women, third party reproduction, surgical mesh in urogynaecology and tuberculosis in pregnancy. With contributions from recognised specialists in the UK, USA, Australia and India, this useful resource includes numerous photographs, tables and illustrations to enhance learning. Key points Easy to read resource bringing clinicians and postgraduates up to date with latest developments in obstetrics and gynaecology Chapters presented in step by step manner Covers day to day conditions and offbeat topics International author and editor team Includes nearly 80 photographs, tables and illustrations

Obstetrics is the field that deals with the well-being of the pregnant women as well as the labor and delivery of a healthy baby. Obstetricians work closely as neonatologists who deal with the care of the newborn baby to reduce chances of morbidity and mortality. The objective of obstetrics is to deal with diagnosis and treatment of pregnancy, antenatal care, and prevention of complication, collaborating with midwives to monitor pregnant women in labor, facilitating delivery and performing assisted procedures if needed as episiotomy, forceps delivery, vacuum extraction, and Cesarean section if indicated.

As Louise Brown—the first baby conceived by in vitro fertilization—celebrates her 30th birthday, Margaret Marsh and Wanda Ronner tell the fascinating story of the man who first showed that human in vitro fertilization was possible. John Rock spent his career studying human reproduction. The first researcher to fertilize a human egg in vitro in the 1940s, he became the nation’s leading figure in the treatment of infertility, his clinic serving rich and poor alike. In the 1950s he joined forces with Gregory Pincus to develop oral contraceptives and in the 1960s enjoyed international celebrity for his promotion of the pill and his campaign to persuade the Catholic Church to accept it. Rock became a more controversial figure by the 1970s, as conservative Christians argued that his embryo studies were immoral and feminist activists contended that he had taken advantage of the clinic patients who had participated in these studies as research subjects. Marsh and Ronner’s nuanced account sheds light on the man behind the brilliant career. They tell the story of a directionless young man, a saloon keeper’s son, who began his working life as a timekeeper on a Guatemalan banana plantation and later became one of the most recognized figures of the twentieth century. They portray his medical practice from the perspective of his patients, who ranged from the wives of laborers to Hollywood film stars. The first scholars to have access to Rock’s personal papers, Marsh and Ronner offer a compelling look at a man whose work defined the reproductive revolution, with its dual developments in contraception and technologically assisted conception.

Includes proceedings of the Association, papers read at the annual sessions, and list of current medical literature.

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.