1. Physiology of pregnancy and labour Asma Khalil; 2. Fetal physiology Helen Perry and Asma Khalil; 3. Acid-base balance Kelvin F. Gomez; 4. Female reproductive physiology Ayona Wijemanne; 5. Male reproductive physiology Ayona Wijemanne; 6. The pituitary, adrenal, thyroid and pancreas Erum A. Khan; 7. Congenital infections Philip Rice; 8. Data interpretation in obstetrics Rosemary Townsend and Asma Khalil; 9. Clinical management in obstetrics Rosemary Townsend and Asma Khalil; 10. Concise anatomy of the urinary, intestinal and reproductive tracts within the pelvic cavity Paul Carter; 11. Concise anatomy of the pelvic floor and perineum Paul Carter; 12. Concise anatomy of the pelvic girdle Paul Carter; 13. Concise anatomy of the abdominal walls Paul Carter; 14. Early embryonic development Laura C. Mongan; 15. Development of the gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts Laura C. Mongan; 16. Problems in early pregnancy Jemma Johns, Archana Vasireddy and Kugajeevan Vigneswaran; 17. Human immunodeficiency virus and other sexually transmitted infections Taslima Rashid and Michael Rayment; 18. Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and teratogenesis Kevin Hayes; 19. Non-hormonal therapy in obstetrics and gynaecology Kevin Hayes; 20. Drugs in gynaecology and contraception Alastair Graham; 21. Surgical site surveillance Balpreet Attilia; 22. Data interpretation in gynaecology Andrew Sizer; 23. Clinical management in gynaecology Amy Shacaluga; 24. Carbohydrate metabolism Mary Board; 25. Fat metabolism Mary Board; 26. Steroid hormones and prostaglandins Anthony E. Michael; 27. Calcium homeostasis and bone health Sadie Jones; 28. Cell structure and function Neil Chapman; 29. Cellular responses in disease Raji Ganesan and Josefa E. O. Vella; 30. Pathology of non-neoplastic and neoplastic gynaecological diseases Raji Ganesan and Josefa E. O. Vella; 31. Implantation and placental structure and function Karin Leslie; 32. Basic and reproductive immunology Karin Leslie; 33. Molecular biology Sadie Jones; 34. Single-gene and chromosome abnormalities Sahar Mansour; 35. Genetic screening and diagnosis Tessa Homfray; 36. Biophysics Neil Pugh and Nazar Amso; 37. Statistics Anthony N. Griffiths; 38. Clinical trials, audit and meta-analysis Anthony N. Griffiths; Index.