* Go-to book for fetal/maternal medicine and labour* Material grouped into specific sections* Latest guidelines, recommendations and evidence* Support of illustrations, flowcharts and figures* Reference lists for interested readers* Foundations of basic concepts and their explanations* Boxes for salient features* Majority of chapters end with important points* Identification of knowledge gaps and suggestedresearch agenda* Special chapter devoted to audit and clinicalgovernance, maternal collapse* A must-have book for students and practitionersalike