Outline of obstetrics explained
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?
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
- Childbirth and obstetrics in antiquity
Medical history
Pregnancy and childbirth
Family planning
Female reproductive anatomy
Conception
Testing
Prenatal stage
Prenatal development
Prenatal care
- Prenatal care - regular medical and nursing care recommended for women during pregnancy. Also known as antenatal care.
Prenatal monitoring
Childbirth
Preparation for childbirth
Roles during childbirth
Delivery
Postpartum issues
Complications of pregnancy and childbirth
Obstetrics organizations
Obstetrics publications
Persons influential in obstetrics
See also
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