Overview of and topical guide to obstetrics
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to obstetrics:
Obstetrics – medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy (prenatal period), childbirth and the postnatal period.
What is obstetrics?
[edit]Obstetrics can be described as all of the following:
- Medicine – medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness in human beings.
- Medical specialty – branch of medical science. After completing medical school, physicians or surgeons usually further their medical education in a specific specialty of medicine by completing a multiple year residency to become a medical specialist.
- Academic discipline – In addition to being a medical specialty, obstetrics is the study of the reproductive process within the female body, including fertilization, pregnancy and childbirth.
History of obstetrics
[edit]Pregnancy and childbirth
[edit]Female reproductive anatomy
[edit]Prenatal development
[edit]- Prenatal care – regular medical and nursing care recommended for women during pregnancy. Also known as antenatal care.
Prenatal monitoring
[edit]Preparation for childbirth
[edit]Roles during childbirth
[edit]Complications of pregnancy and childbirth
[edit]Obstetrics organizations
[edit]Obstetrics publications
[edit]Persons influential in obstetrics
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