Midwifery, Obstetrics and the Rise of Gynaecology
Midwifery, Obstetrics and the Rise of Gynaecology

Author: Helen King

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780754653967

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The Gynaeciorum libri, a compendium of ancient and contemporary texts on gynaecology, is the inspiration for this intensive exploration of the origins of a subfield of medicine. Focusing on its readers in the period from the eighteenth to the nineteenth century, when men and women were in competition for control over childbirth, Helen King sheds new light on how the claim of female difference was shaped by specific social and cultural conditions.

Compendium for the Antenatal Care of High-Risk Pregnancies
Compendium for the Antenatal Care of High-Risk Pregnancies

Author: Harini Narayan

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 591

ISBN-13: 0199673640

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A guide to the practical approach of managing high-risk pregnancies, this book combines care pathways, factfiles, and patient information leaflets into in one volume. A practical approach makes this a quick reference guide for obstetricians, and is designed to integrate the antenatal care offered for women with high-risk pregnancies.