This presentation of the diseases of the placenta differs in many ways from the first such treatment in these volumes by the eminent Robert Meyer. It is a deliberate attempt to bring together the practical information which has been gathered about the pathology of this complex organ and to make it available to the practicing pathologist as well as clinician. Despite the ready availability of the placenta for study, the pathologist is often ill-prepared to interpret lesions which he may find. Moreover, it has been difficult for him to find reference material, published commonly in journals and books with which he is not familiar. Further­ more, the interpretation of lesions affecting the placenta seemed less challenging since the organ had served its function, was to be discarded and presumably little of significance could be expected from such a retrospective study. Recently, with new emphasis on maternal and fetal health and disease, it has become apparent that knowledge of pathologic changes in the placenta often provides a unique insight into antenatal events. Thus, there has been an abundance of publications in this field in recent years, several in book form. These and the most important older investigations on the morbid anatomy of the human pla­ centa are here reviewed. This book has been written with a special point of view, however, which reflects our own bias.

Product Description: A useful small book for midwives that studies anatomy and physiology as applied to obstetrics and gynaecology.  The text looks at the physiology of pregnancy and is well illustrated.

Extensively revised to reflect the latest in scientific research and cultural trends, an authoritative guide to pregnancy and childbirth provides all the information women need to make decisions about prenatal tests, pain control, and how and where to give birth, with advice on the development of the fetus, body changes, and labor preparation techniques.

Product Description: Book by Affonso, Dyanne D.

Analyzes from a feminist perspective childbirth in America and why women are not in control of it

Offers practical advice for coping with the physical, emotional, and psychological consequences of miscarriage, stillbirth, and ectopic pregnancies

Argues that so called natural childbirth has been dangerously overemphasized at the expense of the newborn's safety

Product Description: Book by Young, Diony