Outline of obstetrics

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to obstetrics:

Obstetrics – medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy (prenatal period), childbirth and the postnatal period.

What is obstetrics?

Obstetrics can be described as all of the following:

  • Medicine – medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness in human beings.
    • Medical specialty – branch of medical science. After completing medical school, physicians or surgeons usually further their medical education in a specific specialty of medicine by completing a multiple year residency to become a medical specialist.
  • Academic discipline – In addition to being a medical specialty, obstetrics is the study of the reproductive process within the female body, including fertilization, pregnancy and childbirth.

History of obstetrics

Medical history

Pregnancy and childbirth

Family planning

Female reproductive anatomy

Conception

Testing

Prenatal development

Prenatal care

Prenatal monitoring

Childbirth

Preparation for childbirth

Roles during childbirth

Delivery

Postpartum issues

Complications of pregnancy and childbirth

Obstetrics organizations

Obstetrics publications

Persons influential in obstetrics

See also

References
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