Management of Common Problems in Obstetrics and Gynecology - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405169168 ISBN 13: 9781405169165

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

Synopsis

This practical book provides current and effective evaluation and treatment options currently available for the full spectrum of conditions affecting women. In easy to consume, bite-sized chapters, it ranges from diseases occurring during pregnancy and the perinatal period, through general gynecologic conditions from childhood to old age, gynecologic urology, oncology, reproductive medicine and family planning.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Experience the totality of women's health care

Obstetrics & Gynecology, the most comprehensive medical specialty, provides fascinating clinical challenges. There is always something new to learn, but how do you stay on top if it all? Management of Common Problems in Obstetrics & Gynecology addresses this challenge. How?

By organizing the specialty into short, bite-sized topics based on management dilemmas within subspecialty areas. The result provides an easy access to modern management approaches.

The Editors cover obstetrics, perinatal medicine, gynecology, urogynecology, gynecologic oncology, reproductive endocrinology and infertility and family planning. All chapters have been fully updated to reflect current evidence and practice. New chapters include:

• Fetal interventions
• Pregnancy in mature women
• Obesity and pregnancy
• Interstitial cystitis
• Female sexual dysfunction
• Fertility preservation after cancer
• Unexplained infertility

Management of Common Problems in Obstetrics & Gynecology will guide all health care providers who treat women to attain, and improve on, the best practice patterns in the care of their patients.

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About the Author:

T. Murphy Goodwin, MD is Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Chief of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of Southern California and Co-Director of the Institute for Maternal and Fetal Health. Dr. Goodwin is board-certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine by the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology. He received his medical degree from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles in 1983. From 1983 to 1987, he completed both his Internship and Residency in the Phoenix Integrated Residency Program. He remained on faculty with an appointment at the University of Arizona from 1987 to 1989. Dr. Goodwin continued his training as a Fellow in Maternal-Fetal Medicine from 1989 to 1991 at the University of Southern California. Thereafter he joined the Division of Maternal Fetal-Medicine at USC. He has served as President of the Los Angeles Obstetrical & Gynecological Society, and Program Chair of the Obstetrical & Gynecological Assembly of Southern California. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the North American Society of Obstetric Medicine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1405169168
• ISBN 13: 9781405169165
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 560
• Editor: Goodwin T. Murphy, Montoro Martin N., Muderspach Laila, Paulson Richard, Roy Subir