Obstetrics by Ten Teachers 21th 2024

* High-quality color printing
* Same content as the original book
* Affordable alternative for personal reading
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Obstetrics by Ten Teachers, first published in 1917, is
now in its 21st Edition. An iconic text, it remains the
oldest and one of the most respected and popular
English-language texts in the discipline.
The 21st Edition builds on the solid foundations of
over a century of previous editions but reflects recent
advances in the field as well as the evolution of medi¬
cal education. It contains new material, extensive
online resources and additional tools for self-assess¬
ment, written by a new generation of 'Ten Teachers'.
They are all leading clinicians, renowned in their
fields, and all are intimately involved in the delivery
of both undergraduate and postgraduate training in
the UK and Ireland, allowing the book to reflect the
current undergraduate curriculum. This volume has
been carefully edited to ensure consistency of struc¬
ture, style and content in common with its sister text,
Gynaecology by Ten Teachers. The books can therefore
be used together or independently as required.
It has been an honour and a privilege to edit a
textbook that we once read as students and we fully
appreciate the responsibility of revisiting a much¬
loved classic, particularly at this critical juncture for
women's health. After almost a century of improve¬
ment, maternal mortality rates in some highresource settings are increasing, largely driven by
inequalities and disadvantage. Moreover, condi¬
tions that affect women more than men garner less
research funding. Women have, for example, been
historically under-represented in clinical trials
and, despite work to rectify this bias, women are
not necessarily included in proportions that match
the prevalence or burden of disease. Consequently,
effective cures for diseases that have been known
about since the time of Hippocrates, such as pre¬
eclampsia, remain elusive. We therefore hope
that the latest edition of Obstetrics by Ten Teachers
inspires the next generation of doctors to follow
the authors and editors into this discipline. There
remains much to be done to make pregnancy and
childbirth safe, fulfilling and equitable, everywhere
and for everyone.