Gynaecology by Ten Teachers 2024

Gynaecology by Ten Teachers was first published in
1919 as Diseases of Women and is one of the oldest,
most respected and accessible texts on the subject.
Gynaecology by Ten Teachers has informed genera¬
tions of gynaecologists and now has a wide inter¬
national audience. There is great responsibility in
revising this, the 21st Edition to ensure its acces¬
sibility and relevance are maintained into the next
century.
The 21st Edition has been written to reflect both
changing undergraduate medical curricula and
changing diagnostic and management protocols in
gynaecology. The 'Ten Teachers' are all internation¬
ally renowned experts in their fields who are actively
involved in the delivery of undergraduate and post¬
graduate teaching in the UK. This volume has been
edited carefully to ensure consistency of structure,
style and level of detail, in common with those of
its sister text Obstetrics by Ten Teachers. The books
can therefore be used together or independently
as required. New self-assessment sections are pre¬
sented consistently throughout, with detailed clinical
scenarios for each subject in a structure similar to
those used in most medical schools.
The global status of women's and girls' sexual
and reproductive health and rights is disturbing.
Millions of women have no access to contraception,
undergo female genital mutilation and receive no
gynaecological care. It is fitting, therefore, that the
21st Edition, published more than 100 years after the
first, maintains a global aspect throughout.
The aim of the text now, as it was a century ago,
is to prepare students for their undergraduate exami¬
nations and to continue to be useful afterwards in
postgraduate studies and clinical practice. It is a text
that the editors used as students, which inspired us
to practise and teach in the specialty and which we
still enjoy reading because it is concise yet compre¬
hensive. We hope that, in addition to supporting
medical students throughout their studies, general
practitioners, trainees and allied healthcare profes¬
sionals will find it useful in their work.
It has been a privilege and an honour to be the
editors of this textbook. We echo a century of pre¬
vious editors in hoping that this book will enthuse
a new generation of doctors to become gynaecolo¬
gists and work to improve the health and the safety
of women through all reproductive ages