Research Catalog

Title

Obstetrics and gynecology in low-resource settings : a practical guide / edited by Nawal M. Nour.

Publication

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Nour, Nawal M.

Description

viii, 368 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

Obstetrics and Gynecology in Low-Resource Settings provides practical guidelines for ensuring the delivery of quality OB/GYN care to women in resource-poor countries. Including contributions from leading clinicians and researchers in the field, this overview is intended as a resource for doctors, clinicians, and medical students at all stages of their careers who work in the global health arena. The volume features hands-on, step-by-step instruction for the most pertinent OB/GYN conditions--both acute and chronic--that health care workers in the field confront. The authors examine a wide range of topics, including: strategies to reduce maternal mortality and stillbirths; infectious and sexually transmitted diseases, including malaria and HIV; cervical cancer; contraception; prenatal, delivery, and newborn care; and complications arising from gender-based violence and female genital cutting.--

Subject

• Obstetrics > Developing countries > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Gynecology > Developing countries > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Reproductive health > Developing countries > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Women > Health and hygiene > Developing countries > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Maternal health services > Developing countries > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Women
• Gynecologic pathology
• Generative organs, Female > Diseases
• Reproductive Health
• Maternal Health
• Developing Countries
• Genital Diseases, Female
• Femmes
• Organes génitaux femelles > Maladies
• Gynecology
• Maternal health services
• Obstetrics
• Reproductive health
• Women > Health and hygiene
• Developing countries

Genre/Form

Handbooks and manuals

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / Nawal M. Nour -- Preparing for global women's health work / Nawal M. Nour -- Part I. Obstetric challenges: Maternal mortality in low-resource countries / Andre B. Lalonde and Suellen Miller -- Strategies to reduce stillbirths in low-resource settings / Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta and Jai K. Das -- Obstetric fistula / Lewis Wall -- Part II. Infectious diseases and pregnancy: Sexually transmitted infections / Khady Diouf -- HIV and pregnancy / Christin Price and Sigal Yawetz -- Malaria and pregnancy / Blair Wylie and Johanna Daily -- Part III. Gynecologic challenges: Contraception / Maria I. Rodriguez -- Cervical cancer / Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan -- Gender-based violence in resource-limited settings / Rose Leonard Molina and Jennifer Scott -- Female genital cutting / Nawal M. Nour -- OB/GYN surgery and blood supply in resource-poor areas / Julianna Schantz-Dunn -- Part IV. Teamwork challenges: Obstetric anesthesia in low-resource settings / Bhavani Shankar Kodali and Dinesh Kumar Jagannathan -- Neonatal care and resuscitation / Sadath Ali Sayeed.

ISBN

• 9780674731240
• 0674731247

LCCN

2016017748

OCLC

• 946906967
• SCSB-12753733

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library