<:st> An earlier edition is included in the Brandon/Hill list of medical books for the small medical library. The ninth edition presents a new approach, where the formerly free-standing science chapters have now been presented as clinically oriented chapters and a greater focus on evidence-based medicine has been applied throughout. Each of the 59 chapters is written by specialists, almost all of whom practice and teach in the US. All the chapters are either new or have been revised. Among the chapter titles are fetal monitoring, multiple gestation, diabetes mellitus and pregnancy, amenorrhea, androgen excess disorders, infertility, chronic pelvic pain, incontinence, leiomyomata, disorders of the breast, and medical ethics.
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Prenatal care — Normal labor, delivery, newborn care, and puerperium — Obstetric analgesia and anesthesia — Early pregnancy loss — Ectopic pregnancy — Genetics and prenatal diagnosis — Drugs in pregnancy — Ultrasound in obstetrics — Fetal monitoring — Preterm labor and delivery — Premature rupture of the membranes — Intrauterine growth restriction — Prolonged pregnancy — Multiple gestation — Diabetes mellitus and pregnancy — Hypertension disorders of pregnancy — Medical and surgical complications of pregnancy — Immunologic disorders in pregnancy — Obstetric and perinatal infections — Placenta previa and abruption — Breech, other malpresentations, and umbilical cord complications — Complications of labor — Operative vaginal delivery — Cesarean delivery — Critical care obstetrics — Office gynecology — Office surgical procedures — Gynecologic ultrasound — Pediatric and adolescent gynecology — Contraception — Induced abortion — Pelvic infections and sexually transmitted diseases — Benign vulvovaginal disorders — Amenorrhea — Androgen excess disorders — Infertility — Assisted reproductive technology — Endometriosis — Menopause — Human sexuality and female sexual dysfunction — Chronic pelvic pain — Perioperative evaluation — Pelvic organ prolapse — Laparoscopic surgery — Hysteroscopic surgery — Incontinence — Leiomyomata — Disorders of the breast — Vulvar and vaginal cancer — Cervical cancer — Management of the abnormal pap smear — Uterine cancer — Neoplasms of the ovarian and fallopian tube — Management of the adnexal mass — Gestational trophoblastic neoplasms — Medical ethics — Evidence-based approach to obstetrics and gynecology.