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The Continuous Textbook of Women’s Medicine Series

Obstetric Module
Volume 15

The puerperium

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

Chapters

Published – Read Now

Essentials of Postnatal Care for the Mother and Baby

Mary McCauley, Hannah McCauley and Nynke van den Broek

Published – Read Now

Physiology of the Puerperium and Lactation

Susan Wray, Clodagh Prendergast and Helen Wallace

Published – Read Now

Global Aspects of Breastfeeding

Grace Edwards, Joyce Marshall, Alison McFadden and Joanne Welsh

Published – Read Now

Postnatal Family Planning

Sinead Cook, Alison Fiander and Alison Furey

Published – Read Now

Prevention and Management of Postnatal Complications

Sandra M Newbold and Jeremy T Wright

Published – Read Now

The Management of Maternal Sepsis

James Cheshire, Catherine Dunlop and David Lissauer

Published – Read Now

Mental Health in the Puerperium

Mark Barsoum, Janine Griffiths and Ellen Silcock

Published – Read Now

Care of Bereaved Parents After a Stillbirth

Emily Cornish and Dimitrios Siassakos

Published – Read Now

Assessment and Immediate Care of the Neonate

Manigandan Chandrasekaran

Published – Read Now

Neonatal Male Circumcision

Rachel Harwood and Simon Kenny

Available soon

Perineal Care and Postpartum Urogynaegology

Julia L Hogg, Mohamed K Elhodaiby and Sohier Elneil

Available soon

Impacts of Birth Outcomes on Short and Long Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Children

Christine Cornforth and Brigitte Vollmer