Current knowledge of medicine is a vast ocean of new ideas and fresh data. New recommendations and guidelines are accumulating at a rate that the practitioner has difficulty keeping up with. Postgraduates in obstetrics must keep abreast with this knowledge, not only to face their examinations but also to be able to go forth in their career and provide the best support to the women under their care. The fourth edition of The Management of Labour has been updated extensively to enable the obstetrician to provide the safest care for the woman in labour. The book has been divided into clear, rational, practical, and well-illustrated sections that progress from the physiology of labour to the management of normal and complicated labour.
