Standards For Obstetric Gynecologic Services

Helps readers understand the principles of health care and management for diverse types of delivery systems and the role of ob-gyns and other providers in hospital and office practice.

This new edition of an acclaimed text reviews the evidence for best practice in obstetric medicine, to present the reader with the right information, with appropriate use of proven interventions and avoidance of ineffectual or harmful ones, and by rating the evidence of the key references. The information is presented in the right format by summarizing evidence succinctly and clearly in tables and algorithms. The aim is to inform the clinician, to reduce errors and "to make it easy to do it right."

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Midwifery and amp; Women's Health is an up-to-date, quick reference guide to midwifery and the care of women. This text presents a compilation of current practices that include evidence-based, traditional and empiric care from a wide variety of sources, and is extremely useful for meeting American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) peer review criteria and recommendations. the Third Edition has been completely revised and updated and now includes ICD-9 code groups by diagnosis as well as a new section on ethics and one on litigation and adverse outcomes. Designed with