The branch of medicine and surgery concerned with childbirth and midwifery.
‘He was like a physician who simultaneously mastered cardiovascular surgery, obstetrics, oncology and neurology.’
‘Most doctors go into areas where changes can still be made to patients' lives, such as surgery or obstetrics and gynaecology.’
‘Newer types of triage include mental health, cardiology, obstetrics, and nurse triage.’
‘He was appointed a consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary in 1959.’
‘He said they planned to take on extra clinicians in respiratory medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology.’
‘Possible adverse events were detected by two nurses in medicine and surgery and two midwives in obstetrics.’
‘King Edward Hospital in Perth centred on the treatment of obstetrics and gynaecology cases.’
‘As an immediate step consultants want to see an increase in the number of consultants in obstetrics and gynaecology.’
‘He went on to the Hammersmith Hospital and moved to Ibidan, Nigeria, to help set up the medical school as its first professor of obstetrics and gynaecology.’
‘However, as an intern on rotation to obstetrics and gynaecology, I feel that I must have attended a billion deliveries this month.’
‘High risk obstetrics and neonatal intensive care are high cost, low volume specialties.’
‘During my specialist registrar rotation in obstetrics and gynaecology last year, I was posted to a busy district general hospital in Northern Ireland.’
‘When I was a final year medical student at Birmingham University it was customary to gain your first experience of obstetrics and gynaecology in a different region.’
‘The number of training posts in obstetrics and gynaecology has continued to fall over the past three years, leaving the specialty facing a deficit of consultants.’
‘Maggie began her career in obstetrics and gynaecology at Liverpool and King's, but then moved to St Thomas's to train in genitourinary medicine.’
‘The general practitioners who performed obstetrics would discuss obstetrical matters at their monthly meetings.’
‘The rate of caesarean sections has been climbing for the past 25 years, and many people with an interest in obstetrics feel it is too high.’
‘Abandoning surgery for obstetrics, he became physician to Queen Charlotte and delivered all her children.’
‘There are 19 doctors employed in the hospital's obstetrics and gynaecology department, which is part of the women and children's service division.’
‘For some specialties, obstetrics in particular, medicine may be among the worst small-business sectors in America.’
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