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Volume 1
Pregnancy and society
Published – Read Now
Edited by Professor Jane Sandall
Professor of Social Science and Women's Health,
Department of Women and Children's Health,
School of Life Course Science,
Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College,
London, UK

Volume 2
Health and risk in pregnancy and childbirth
Published – Read Now
Edited by Professor Claudia Hanson
Associate Professor, Health Systems and Policy,
Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
and Dr Nicola Vousden
Clinical Research Fellow / CRADLE trial coordinator,
Department of Women and Children's Health
School of Life Course Sciences, King's College London, UK

Volume 3
Elements of professional care and support before, during and after pregnancy
Published – Read Now
Edited by Professor Vicki Flenady
Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth
(Stillbirth CRE), Secretary, Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Alliance,
Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand,
Mater Research Institute, The University of Queensland (MRI-UQ), South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Volume 4
Fetal development and maternal adaptation
Published – Read Now
Edited by Professor Asma Khalil
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, UK
Fetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Volume 5
Surveillance of fetal well-being
Published – Read Now
Edited by Professor Diogo Ayres-de-Campos
Professor and Chair of Obstetrics,
Medical School, Santa Maria Hospital,
University of Lisbon, Portugal
President EAPM European Association of Perinatal Medicine

Volume 6
Pregnancy complaints and complications: clinical presentations
Published – Read Now
Edited by Professor Gian Carlo Di Renzo
Centre for Perinatal and Reproductive Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatal Medicine, IM Sechenov First State University, Moscow, Russia
PREIS School, Florence, Italy
CEMER, European Centre for Medical Research, Perugia, Italy

Volume 7
Maternal mental health in pregnancy
Published – Read Now
Edited by Professor Louise Howard
NIHR Volume Research Professor in Women's Mental Health,
Section of Women's Mental Health
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience,
King's College, London, UK

Volume 8
Maternal medical health and disorders in pregnancy
Published – Read Now
Edited by Dr Kenneth K Chen
Assistant Professor of Medicine and ObGyn, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, USA

Volume 9
Principles and practice of obstetric high-dependency and critical care
Published – Read Now
Edited by Professor Stephen Lapinsky
Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto,
Toronto, ON, Canada

Volume 10
Common obstetric conditions
Published – Read Now
Edited by Professor Sikolia Wanyonyi
Consultant in Obstetrics/Gynaecology and Fetal Medicine
Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

Volume 11
Labor and delivery
Published – Read Now
Edited by Dr Edwin Chandraharan
Director Global Academy of Medical Education and Training, London, UK
Formerly, Lead Consultant Labour Ward St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Volume 12
Operative obstetrics
Published – Read Now
Edited by Professor Owen Montgomery
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Sidney Kimmel College of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University,
Vice President Women's and Children's Health Service Line,
Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology Jefferson, New Jersey, USA

Volume 13
Obstetric emergencies
Published – Read Now
Edited by Dr María Fernanda Escobar Vidarte
High Complexity Obstetric Unit, Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia

Volume 14
Surgical problems
Published – Read Now
Edited by Professor Andrew Shennan
Professor of Obstetrics, Clinical Director South London CRN,
Department of Women and Children's Health,
School of Life Course Sciences, FoLSM, King's College London, UK

Volume 15
The puerperium
Published – Read Now
Edited by Dr Kate Lightly
Clinical Research Fellow, Sanyu Research Unit,
University of Liverpool, UK
and Professor Andrew Weeks
Professor of International Maternal Health, Sanyu Research Unit, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health,
University of Liverpool, UK

Volume 16
The prevention and management of Rh disease
Published – Read Now
Edited by Professor Gerard HA Visser
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital of Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht 3584EA, The Netherlands
and Professor Gian Carlo Di Renzo
Centre for Perinatal and Reproductive Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatal Medicine, IM Sechenov First State University, Moscow, Russia
PREIS School, Florence, Italy
CEMER, European Centre for Medical Research, Perugia, Italy

Volume 17
Maternal immunization
Published – Read Now
Edited by Professor Asma Khalil
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, UK
Fetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Professor Flor M Munoz
Baylor College of Medicine, TX, USA
and Professor Ajoke Sobanjo-ter Meulen
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Volume 18
Ultrasound in obstetrics
Published – Read Now
Edited by Professor Katia Bilardo
University of Groningen
and Dr Valentina Tsibizova
PREIS International School, Firenze, Italy

Volume 19
Pregnancy shortening: etiology, prediction and prevention
Published – Read Now
Edited by Professor Arri Coomarasamy
University of Birmingham, UK
Professor Gian Carlo Di Renzo
Centre for Perinatal and Reproductive Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatal Medicine, IM Sechenov First State University, Moscow, Russia
PREIS School, Florence, Italy
CEMER, European Centre for Medical Research, Perugia, Italy
and Professor Eduardo Fonseca
Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil