Specialists working in the field and other areas in the UK and Australia contribute 13 chapters on recent developments in obstetrics and gynecology. They detail advances in the areas areas of fetal medicine, including the mechanisms behind parturition, non-invasive prenatal diagnosis, tubal ectopic pregnancy, the challenge of stillbirth, and optimizing the management of high risk mothers, such as those with cardiac disease; care designed to enhance recovery after caesarean section and gynecological surgery; the management of common conditions, such as chronic pelvic and bladder pain and heavy menstrual bleeding; human papillomavirus; the regulation of reproduction and the treatment of infertility, including the use of adjuvant therapy; and oncology, focusing on the role of breast cancer in gynecological cancer and genetics and infection. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)