ch. 1. Obstetric history taking and examination / Lucy Kean -- ch. 2. Modern maternity care / Lucy Kean -- ch. 3. Physiological changes in pregnancy / Keelin O'Donoghue -- ch. 4. Normal fetal development and growth / Gary Mires -- ch. 5. Antenatal care / Alec McEwan -- ch. 6. Antenatal imaging and assessment of fetal well-being / Gary Mires -- ch. 7. Prenatal diagnosis / Sarah Vause -- ch. 8. Antenatal obstetric complications / Louise C. Kenny -- ch. 9. Twins and higher multiple gestations / Griffith Jones -- ch. 10. Pre-eclampsia and other disorders of placentation / Louise C. Kenny -- ch. 11. Late miscarriage and early birth / Griffith Jones -- ch. 12. Medical diseases complicating pregnancy / Keelin O'Donoghue -- ch. 13. Perinatal infections / Sarah Vause -- ch. 14. Labour / Alec McEwan -- ch. 15. Operative intervention in obstetrics / Philip N. Baker -- ch. 16. Obstetric emergencies / Clare Tower -- ch. 17. The puerperium / Louise C. Kenny -- ch. 18. Psychiatric disorders and the puerperium / Alec McEwan -- ch. 19. Neonatology / Janet M. Rennie -- ch. 20. Ethical and medicolegal issues in obstetric practice / Philip N. Baker.