TY - BOOK AU - Williams, J. Whitridge AU - Cunningham, F. Gary;MacDonald, Paul C.;Gant, Norman F. TI - Williams obstetrics SN - 083859736X AV - RG 524 .W55 1989 PY - 1989/// CY - London, United Kingdom PB - Prentice-Hall International Inc. KW - MEDICINE -- OBSTETRICS N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; I. Human pregnancy -- II. Physiology of pregnancy -- III. Spontaneous labor and delivery -- IV. Management of normal pregnancy -- V. Abnormalities of labor and delivery -- Vi. Operative obstetrics -- VII. Abnormalities of the puerperium -- VIII. Complications of pregnancy -- IX. Medical and surgical illnesses complicating pregnancy -- X. Reproduction in women N2 - Obstetrics is an unusual specialty of medicine. Practitioners of this art and science must be concerned simultaneously with the lives and well-being of two persons; indeed, the lives of two who are interwoven. Ordinarily, the expectation for continued good health for these two persons collectively is more than 120 years, and the equality of that life is our most important concern ER -