Obstetrics

Obstetrician
Occupation
Names
  • Physician
  • Surgeon
Occupation type
Specialty
Activity sectors
Medicine, surgery
Description
Education required
Fields of
employment
Hospitals, clinics

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]

  1. ^ "What Is an Obstetrician? What They Do & When To See One". Cleveland Clinic. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  2. ^ "Obstetrics and Gynecology Specialty Description". American Medical Association. Retrieved 24 October 2020.

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