Disciplines and Occupations

Obstetrics

A medical-surgical specialty concerned with management and care of women during pregnancy, parturition, and the puerperium.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

A medical-surgical specialty concerned with management and care of women during pregnancy, parturition, and the puerperium.

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

specialty; do not use for "obstetric diseases" ( = probably PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, etc.)

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  1. H02w.403w.810.450w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Obstetrics. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009774. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009774
  2. Obstetrics. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstetrics
  3. Obstetrics. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5284418