| Description |
xix, 681 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
1. The health professional role -- 2. Women and health -- 3. Behavioural and mental health issues -- 4. Hormones and early development -- 5. The female child and adolsecent -- 6. Pre-pregnancy and antenatal care -- 7. Labour and childbirth -- 8. The newborn infant and postnatal care -- 9. Pregnancy problems -- 10. Induction of labour, assisted delieveries and postnatal problems -- 11. Obstetric emergencies -- 12. Sexual health -- 13. Common problems -- 14. Health maintenance and disease prevention -- 15. Common complaints -- 16. Pre-cancer and cancer -- 17. Ageing and its problems -- 18. Surgical, medical and research issues for women |
| Summary |
This is a useful textbook for students of obstetrics and gynaecology as well as women's health more generally. Modern in its approach, it covers clinical topics and surgical procedures as well as providing commentary on the contemporary social, psychological and economic issues that affect women's health |
| Analysis |
Obstetrics |
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Women--Health and hygiene |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographic references (p. [630]-663) and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references (pages [630]-663) and index |
| Subject |
Women -- Health and hygiene.
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Women -- Diseases.
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Obstetrics.
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Gynecology.
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Gynecology.
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Obstetrics.
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Gynaecology
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Women's Health.
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Pregnancy Complications.
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Women's Health.
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Obstetrics.
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Pregnancy.
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Genital Diseases, Female.
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| Author |
Kovács, Gábor, 1947-
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O'Connor, Vivienne.
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| LC no. |
2003053057 |
| ISBN |
0521818931 : |
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