Obstetrics
Medical specialty concerning pregnancy and childbirth / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the medical specialty. For the health profession, see Midwifery.
Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period.[1] As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgical field.[2]
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