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Outline of obstetrics

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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?

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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

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Medical history

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Pregnancy and childbirth

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Family planning

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Female reproductive anatomy

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Conception

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Testing

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Prenatal stage

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Prenatal development

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Prenatal care

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Prenatal monitoring

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Childbirth

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Preparation for childbirth

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Roles during childbirth

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Delivery

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Postpartum issues

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Complications of pregnancy and childbirth

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Obstetrics organizations

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Obstetrics publications

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Persons influential in obstetrics

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See also

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References

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